Major Pettigrew's last stand [sound recording] : a novel / Helen Simonson.
In the small English village of Edgecombe St. Mary, retired war hero Major Ernest Pettigrew is enjoying the quiet life. However, when his brother's death coincidentally sparks a friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the village's only Pakistani shopkeeper, Major Pettigrew finds himself falling in love. But when small-town bigotry taboos his relationship, Major Pettigrew is left to decide if happiness is worth a ruined reputation.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307712844
- ISBN: 0307712842
- Physical Description: 11 sound discs (13 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Audio, p2010.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Title from container. Compact discs. Duration: 13:00:00. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director: Christina Rooney. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Peter Altschuler. |
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Subject: | Country life > England > Fiction. Retirees > Fiction. Widowers > Fiction. Widows > Fiction. Interracial friendship > Fiction. Pakistanis > England > Fiction. |
Genre: | Audiobooks. |
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Author Notes
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson was born in England, lived many years in Brooklyn, N.Y. and currently resides in the Washington, D.C. area. Simonson's literary inspirations include Virginia Woolf and Henry James. Her novels, Major Pettigrews Last Stand and The Summer Before the War, are New York Times Bestsellers. (Bowker Author Biography)