Major Pettigrew's Last Stand: A Novel

Smile, sit down, and read
by Helen Simonson | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0812981227 Global Overview for this book
Registered by quietorchid of Saint Paul, Minnesota USA on 6/11/2013
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Journal Entry 1 by quietorchid from Saint Paul, Minnesota USA on Wednesday, January 8, 2014
A love story, a coming of age story, a he done her wrong story, an overcoming narrowminded prejudice story, a taking life by the horns story. That's a lot to pack into a very sweet and gently paced book. I couldn't put it down.

Major Pettigew (retired) has pretty much settled into his life in a country house. He is a widower, embedded in his small village, content with his life, having raised a sucessful son. So what could be lacking? The death of his only brother upsets this quiet life, with the fuss and bother of dealing with a funeral and an estate. Into this mix he forms an unlikely chance friendship with the shopkeeper down in the village, Mrs. Ali, a widow herself. From here, the doors to his world start to open up, as he realizes the costs of never taking a chance, the hurts of never looking around, the regrets of not taking action. Wonderful story, believable characters throughout. (Well, maybe not Grace, she seems a little too disinterested....).

The kind of book you reread the first chapter immediately afterwards, because you don't want to let the people go out of your life.

Fly far little book!

Journal Entry 2 by quietorchid at Saint Paul, Minnesota USA on Friday, January 10, 2014

Released 10 yrs ago (1/10/2014 UTC) at Saint Paul, Minnesota USA

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P.S. If the book is too good to read and release, that's okay, you can keep it, just let me know that it's found a good home!



Journal Entry 3 by Mountainwren at Bethesda, Maryland USA on Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Thank you, quietorchid! I have heard so many good things about this book. I will read and send it on its journey!

Journal Entry 4 by Mountainwren at Bethesda, Maryland USA on Wednesday, March 26, 2014
I loved Major Pettigrew's wit and his true growth as a character as he falls in love at an advanced age. I chuckled aloud while reading some passages. A genuinely enjoyable book!

Thanks to quietorchid for the chance to read this book. By the way, I liked Grace quite a bit. I thought that her refusal to settle for anything less than passion even as a "mature" unmarried woman was admirable and, well, graceful.

I will release this book or pass it along to another reader.

Released 9 yrs ago (7/7/2014 UTC) at Friends Of The Library On Boiling Brook Parkway in Rockville, Maryland USA

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