So Major Pettigrew...I heard about this book forever and finally had a chance to read it. The synopsis: Major Ernest Pettigrew lives in a small village in England called Edgecombe St. Mary. He is retired and a widower. He has one son who is quite a disappointment - well a disappointment to the reader for sure (he's a snob when he has no business being such and very rude and pushy towards his father). Major Pettigrew is bordering on say, 70 and is opinionated, wry, has no time for buffoons and is a hilarious. He only wants to leads a quiet life, like he's done all his life which means living properly as any "upstanding" Englishman should. Events occur, as they always somehow it sparks an unusual friendship between the Major and a Pakistani shopkeeper named Jasmina Ali. Soon, the two find that their friendship has given way to something more, if only their stubbornness would allow it to blossom. What follows is a page-turning race to see what happens.
I really, really liked this book. I kept waiting for the Major to be a wimp and not stand up to the fools surrounding him. I kept waiting for proper English etiquette to get in his way. I won't ruin the end for you but lets just say I wasn't disappointed. It's nice to see a romance that doesn't focus around 20-somethings. Read it, you won't be disappointed.
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