TY  - BOOK
AU  - Simonson,Helen
TI  - Major Pettigrew's last stand: a novel 
SN  - 9780812981223
AV  - PS3619.I56294 M35 2011
U1  - 813/.6 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House
KW  - Widows
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Widowers
KW  - Pakistanis
KW  - England
KW  - Interracial friendship
KW  - Retirees
KW  - Country life
KW  - Romance fiction
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Originally published in 2010; Includes a reader's guide
N2  - 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?
ER  -