01423nam a2200337u  4500001001100000003000700011005001700018007000300035008004100038020001800079020001500097035001300112035002100125040001800146043001200164100002100176245006200197250003200259260003700291300002100328500003400349500003100383520047200414650003600886650002300922650002300945650002100968650003400989650003701023655002501060686797871 OCoLC 20190501163620.0ta110610r20112010nyu           000 f eng d  a9780812981223  a0812981227  b29926002  a(OCoLC)686797871  aGO3cGO3dNOG  ae-uk-en1 aSimonson, Helen.10aMajor Pettigrew's last stand :ba novel cHelen Simonson.  aRandom House Trade pbk. ed.  aNew York :bRandom House,c2011.  a368 p. ;c22 cm.  aOriginally published in 2010.  aIncludes A reader's guide.  aMajor 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? 0aCountry lifezEnglandvFiction. 0aRetireesvFiction. 0aWidowersvFiction. 0aWidowsvFiction. 0aPakistaniszEnglandvFiction. 0aInterracial friendshipvFiction. 7aLove stories.2gsafd