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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand: A Novel
by Helen Simonson
A simple pleasure (1/5/2011)
It was easy to be transported to Edgecombe St. Mary because of the author's attention to detail. I found myself smiling through most of the book. Even though a few of the characters were sometimes just one step removed from caricature, the story still rang true. An …more
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    Based on the author’s family story, comes an extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters’ escape from Taiwan.
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