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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
By Helen Simonson
Helen Simonson’s internationally best selling novel MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND, is the story of Major Pettigrew, a straight-laced retired British major, and Mrs. Ali, the progressive free-spirited Pakistani shopkeeper in their village, who fall in love - much to the alarm of their families and community. Their budding romance is thrust into a moment of racial reckoning, a comedic, senior Romeo and Juliet, through which they will discover who they need to be to love each other.
The book was on the New York Times Best Seller list for a year, continues to sell well, and is a perennial book club favorite.
Jack Thorne is adapting the novel for film. Bharat Nalluri directing.
“You may find you’ve fallen head over heels for Ms. Simonson’s funny, barbed, delightfully winsome storytelling... Its main characters are especially well drawn, and Ms. Simonson makes them as admirable as they are entertaining. It’s about intelligence, heart, dignity and backbone.“Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand” has them all."
THE NEW YORK TIMES