01358cam a2200301 4500 353696447 TxAuBib 20180806120000.0 090601s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009022231 9781400068937 alk. paper 1400068932 alk. paper TxAuBib Simonson, Helen. Major Pettigrew's last stand : a novel / Helen Simonson. 1st ed. New York : Random House, 2010. 358 p. ; 25 cm. 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? 20180806. Country life England Fiction. Retirees Fiction. Widowers Fiction. Widows Fiction. Pakistanis England Fiction. Interracial friendship Fiction. Love stories.