Amazon Editorial Review

You are about to travel to Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside filled with rolling hills, thatched cottages, and a cast of characters both hilariously original and as familiar as the members of your own family. Among them is Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired), the unlikely hero of Helen Simonson's wondrous debut. Wry, courtly, opinionated, and completely endearing, Major Pettigrew is one of the most indelible characters in contemporary fiction, and from the very first page of this remarkable novel he will steal your heart.


The Major leads a quiet life valuing the proper things that Englishmen have lived by for generations: honor, duty, decorum, and a properly brewed cup of tea. But then 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 village society insists on embracing him as the quintessential local and her as the permanent foreigner. Can their relationship survive the risks one takes when pursuing happiness in the face of culture and tradition?

My mom, AceofHearts, passed away from breast cancer in September, 2013. Aside from being one of the best people I know, she was an avid reader and took immense pleasure in Bookcrossing, her book club, and reading many great books. Unfortunately she didn't get around to reading this book.
I will be releasing this in my mom's memory.

To the finder of this book: I hope you enjoy reading this book. Please keep it or set it free when you're done. If the book is of no interest to you, please release it into the wild for someone else to find and enjoy. I hope you will make a journal entry so its journey can be tracked and to let me know the book has been found. You can remain anonymous if you wish, but if you join BookCrossing, you are in for a great experience and I do hope you will use my mom, AceofHearts, as a referring member. 

Hi, HoserLauren! This is SqueakyChu in Rockville, Maryland, USA. My friend from Catonsville, Maryland, USA, whom you probably met at the BookCrossing meetup at Harbord House in July, 2017, brought this book to my house today to finish reading! I saw it wasn't my book, but that it had a bookmark designed by azuki so I had to find out where it came from! I was delighted to find out it came from you! That was the Bookcrossing meetup in which I came with jessibud and also met Bookgirrl and her mom. Hello to everyone in your Bookcrossing group. I'll see if I can get my friend to do another journal entry after she finshes this book (which I have not read).

My friend finished this book and liked it very much. I am holding onto this book for release into my Little Free Library.

Hi to AceofHearts, HoserLauren and my dear friends in Canada! You're not my enemies (as designated by our Mumps regime). You are all precious to me. Warm regards to your BookCrossing group.

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I'm releasing this book for...

***The 2025 Oh The Places We Can Go release challenge hosted by awaywithfairies. The book title contains the word TAND. Tand is a town in the Jämtland region of Sweden.

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Enjoy the book!

I selected this book from the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720) to travel elsewhere.