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Author:

Simonson, Helen.

Title:

Major Pettigrew's last stand [kit] / Helen Simonson.

Format:

[kit] /

Publisher:

Random House Trade Paperbacks,

Copyright Date:

2011, c2010 + 10 copies = Detroit, MI :

Description:

5 copies = 368 p. ; 22 cm. 22 cm.

Subject:

Country life--England--Fiction.
Retirees--Fiction.
Widowers--Fiction.
Widows--Fiction.
Pakistanis--England--Fiction.
Interracial friendship--Fiction.
Book group discussion kits.
Book club box.
Love stories.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Random House, c2010. A box with 15 copies of the title to assist book group discussion leaders.

Summary:

Forced to confront the realities of life in the twenty-first century when he falls in love with Pakistani widow Mrs. Ali, Major Pettigrew finds the relationship challenged by local prejudices that view Mrs. Ali, a Cambridge native, as a perpetual foreigner.

Series:

5 copies are Random House reader's circle.
10 copies are Thorndike Press large print reviewers' choice.

ISBN:

1594134448
9781594134449 (large print)
0812981227
9780812981223 (pbk.)

Locations:

MVPA943 -- Callender Heritage Public Library (Callender)

NDPD953 -- Forest City Public Library (Forest City)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

DTPD413 -- Garner Public Library (Garner)

MYPC943 -- Gowrie Public Library (Gowrie)

RSPC135 -- Lake City Public Library (Lake City)

NTPC983 -- Northwood Public Library (Northwood)

DWPA413 -- Woden Public Library (Woden)