Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - Helen Simonson

[Jane B]

 

I thoroughly enjoyed this book about Major Pettigrew (retired)- always a stickler for convention and doing the right thing and his friendship with Mrs Ali the Pakistani shopkeeper in his village. In the end this is a love story told with warmth, humour and sensitivity about two people who overcome cultural barriers and scheming relatives to live happily ever after.

[Jane R]

I, too, enjoyed this book very much.  What a refreshing change to read such a delightfully sweet and innocent story.

Written with warmth and a dry sense of humour, the author has created an old-fashioned love-story, with characters

that really stay with you.