When retired Major Pettigrew strikes up an unlikely friendship with Mrs. Ali, the Pakistani village shopkeeper, he is drawn out of his regimented world and forced to confront the realities of life in the twenty-first century. Brought together by a shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship on the cusp of blossoming into something more. The Major Goal although Actually WAS born in Lahore, and Mrs.. Ali Was Born in Cambridge, Village Society stressed it did HIM The Quintessential embracing local and Her Standing as a foreigner. The Major has taken special pride Always in the Village, to Will He Be Forced to Choose Between the place he calls home and a Future with Mrs.. Ali? An Englishman fell in love with 68 years of Mrs.Ali, a woman of Pakistani origin who runs a shop in the village. Nothing too complicated ... Except that we're St.Mary Edgecombe, a small English village where very conservative people of color are tolerated but not "integrated" to the rest of the people! Through this love story frowned upon, we follow the parallel story of Roger, son (fendant!) Major Pettigrew who benefits from the contacts of his father to help his career and two guns Churchill valuable belonging the father of Major. Which had taken care to leave a gun in each of his son, thinking that from the first to leave to another the task of bringing these two collectibles ...
What I liked about this book, these are the cups of tea, walks in the garden, the decorum of private clubs, the ridicule that can result in racism, cultural differences, the usual problems of the neighborhood, family relationships and the fact that this is a book British, very British ... Do not expect major surprises, it talks about books, religion, love and much more. It's a very nice story, but far from memorable. Read in VO, I must admit that the language used was sometimes above my rank. This is the first novel by Helen Simonson and if it continues this tradition, I am ready to read his other manuscripts!
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