In the midst of the holiday season, I am managing to get through these books day by day. This morning, I finished Major Pettigrew's Last Stand. In Helen Simonson debut novel, small-town politics, love affairs, and family drama was apart of this great novel. While at first, I was worried that this book was shaping out to be similar to Casual Vacancy, it turned out to be much better with a stronger plot line and character development.
Major lives in a small town in the English countryside. When his brother dies, his brother's heirloom Churchill gun brings the family drama on the heir to the gun. The death also brings together Mrs. Ali and Major as their similar lives intertwine throughout the village.
While I avoid plot summaries in most of my post, this book was a great take both of English rural life as well as intercultural relationships. The characters are easy to relate and the plot moves relatively fast. This is a great read for most anyone.
Happy Reading!
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