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Major Pettigrew's last stand a novel

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?

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  • "Gab bags"
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  • "Welcome to Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside filled with rolling hills and thatched cottages. There Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) leads a quiet life valuing the things that Englishmen have lived by for generations: honor, duty, decorum, and a properly brewed cup of tea. But then his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. (Bestseller)"
  • "Welcome to Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside filled with rolling hills and thatched cottages. There Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) leads a quiet life valuing the things that Englishmen have lived by for generations: honor, duty, decorum, and a properly brewed cup of tea. But then his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village."
  • "In Sussex bloeit iets moois op tussen een gepensioneerde Engelse majoor en een Pakistaanse winkeleigenares."
  • "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?"@en
  • "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?"
  • ""... Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) leads a quiet life valuing the things that Englishmen have lived by for generations: honor, duty, decorum, and a properly brewed cup of tea. But then his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Can their blossoming friendship survive the risks when pursuing happiness in the face of culture and tradition?'--P. [4] of cover."@en
  • "A retired major becomes close friends with a Pakastani shopkeeper, but their rural community does not think much of the relationships."
  • "Forced to confront the realities of life in the twenty-first century when he falls in love with Pakistani widow Mrs. Ali, Major Pettigrew finds the relationship challenged by local prejudices that view Mrs. Ali, a Cambridge native, as a perpetual foreigner."@en
  • "When retired Major Pettigrew strikes up an unlikely friendship with Mrs. Ali, the Pakistani village shopkeeper, he is drawn out of his regimented world and forced to confront the realities of life in the twenty-first century. Brought together by a shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship on the cusp of blossoming into something more. But although the Major was actually born in Lahore, and Mrs. Ali was born in Cambridge, village society insists on embracing him as the quintessential local and her as a permanent foreigner. The Major has always taken special pride in the village, but will he be forced to choose between the place he calls home and a future with Mrs...."@en
  • "Following the death of his brother, Major Ernest Pettigrew finds himself drawn to Mrs. Jasmina Ali, a widowed Pakistani shopkeeper in their small English village; but can their blossoming relationship survive in a society that considers Ali a foreigner?"

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  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Modern & contemporary fiction (post 1945)"@en
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  • "Major Pettigrew's last stand : [a Gab bag for book discussion groups]"
  • "Major Pettigrew's last stand a novel"@en
  • "Major Pettigrew's last stand a novel"
  • "De majoor en mevrouw Ali"
  • "Major Pettigrew's last stand"
  • "Major Pettigrew's last stand"@en
  • "Major Pettigrews last stand"
  • "La dernière conquête du major Pettigrew : roman"
  • "Major Pettigrew's last stand, Helen Simonson"
  • "Major Pettigrrew's Last Stand"@en
  • "MAJOR PETTIGREW'S LAST STAND : A NOVEL"@en
  • "Major Pettigrew's last stand : a novel"
  • "Major Pettigrew's last stand : a novel"@en
  • "Majorens sidste forelskelse : roman"@da
  • "P'et'igŭru soryŏng ŭi majimak sarang : Hellen Saimŏnsŭn changp'yŏn sosŏl"
  • "Ultima cucerire"
  • "裴少校的最後一戰 / Major pettigrew's last stand / Helen Simonson"
  • "Pei shao xiao de zui hou yi zhan / Major pettigrew's last stand / Helen Simonson"
  • "El Mayor Pettigrew se enamora"
  • "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand"@en
  • "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand"
  • "Pei shao xiao de zui hou yi zhan"
  • "페티그루 소령 의 마지막 사랑 : 헬렌 사이먼슨 장편 소설"
  • "Una passione tranquilla"
  • "Una passione tranquilla"@it
  • "裴少校的最後一戰"
  • "La dernière conquête du major Pettigrew"
  • "Majorens sidste forelskelse"
  • "El mayor Pettigrew se enamora"@es

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