Absolutely delightful book! I feared for it a couple of times because I felt Major Pettigrew was getting pushed around, but he kept finding his spine before it was too late. I loved both him and Mrs. Ali, and actually also Sandy, whom I wish we had seen more of. It was just plain sweet. A great comf...
This book was on a few book club reading lists and showed up on some recommendation lists; unfortunately it was not put out there because it is good and worthy of discussion. It was put out there because it appeals to little old ladies who attend book clubs. This is a love story for old people; it ...
I hope someone turns it into a film, because it has all the right ingredients of a successful rom-com, only not with your usual young people, working their asses in advertising/publishing in Manhattan, but two old people living their semi-quiet lives in rural England. They both come with family bagg...
Gentle, contemporary story of a retired English gentleman who is dismayed by the general ugliness of modern life. Mutual grief allies him with Mrs. Ali, a widowed local shopkeeper of Pakistani descent who has also resigned herself to dignified, if solitary, last years. A sweet story that also packs ...
I enjoyed this comedy of manners very much. The Major was a delightful old git, with such a dry and incisive wit. His oaf of a son was not unfamiliar, and young George was fully fleshed out- all the characters were. I was transported to the little village, and quite caught up in the drama. Recommend...
This was such a delight to read. Simonson is especially talented with her perceptive descriptions of the characters and their quirks, of their emotions, and of the atmosphere. An elderly retired and widowed major is bereaved again with the loss of his younger brother. He is comforted by the neighb...
A truly enjoyable read about a late-in-life couple who overcome the barriers of their social and ethnic backgrounds to find each other. Although the book is very humorous in spots, it is also a serious look at matters of social and racial inequalities.
The book's predictable plot is easy enough to follow and the language is interesting and, at times, playful. However, the author set the novel in the modern times but all the British people seem to have attitudes from the 50s. Other than Roger, the annoying financier son, there is little in there th...
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