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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

Helen Simonson

Start date: November 7, 2011

Finish date: November 12, 2011

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May 13, 2015 Julia rated it really liked it

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, mhbc

This, I liked. Major Pettigrew likes things just so, but when his younger brother dies suddenly, it throws him for a loop. His neighborhood grocer, Mrs. Jasmina Ali makes him tea and they begin seeing each other. At first, it’s to discuss Kipling, but then things progress and his neighbors in Edgecombe St. Mary in Sussex and her relations don’t care for it. Being people of a certain age, they deal with this in all the usual, unusual and delightful ways.

“You are a wise man, Major, and I will con ...more

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Aug 18, 2010 Dolly rated it really liked it

Shelves: other-usa, france-french, england-english, halloween, christmas, military, pakistan, ocean-seashore, 2011, gram-rose-recommends

My hubby's grandmother often gives me book recommendations and I love to listen to her thoughts on the books she's read. She recommended this book very highly to me and I was excited to read it with my book club this month.

It was certainly an entertaining read, filled with humor, drama, and social commentary. The description of the English countryside captivated me and I loved the characters' English charm and wit (I am such a sucker for English tales.) It was a slow-paced, insightful tale that ...more

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