01605cam a2200373 i 4500 623847870 TxAuBib 20210122120000.0 090601s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009022231 9781400068937 acid-free paper 1400068932 acid-free paper (OCoLC)326509253 TXKPL eng rda TXKPL TxAuBib rda Simonson, Helen. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand / a novel By Helen Simonson. First edition. New York : Random House, 2010. 358 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) leads a quiet life in the village of St. Mary, England, until his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But will their relationship survive in a society that considers Ali a foreigner? 20210122. Country life England Fiction. Retirees Fiction. Widowers Fiction. Widows Fiction. Pakistanis England Fiction. Interracial friendship Fiction. Love stories. Fiction. TXKPL