I love the Major and Mrs. Ali. They live on the page and felt so real and I loved them!! They are so very human, they are flawed but strive to do better and to love.
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand tells the tale of two "mature" people who find that time is a precious thing and not to be wasted and who know that while yes people make mistakes it is what they do in the wake of them is a lot more important the the mistake itself. And that love is a gift not to be wasted.
The English landscape is almost as much a character in this story as the people are. While in less capable hands the lesson of tolerance and kindness to others regardless of color or religion might come across as preachy in Simonson's it is a wind that blows across the lives of the residents of the story at times gentle but at other times like a hurricane but it is never eye roll worthy, it is just a fact of the life these people are living. And even our charming Major falls prey to the weakness of judgmental behavior.
I was charmed and I think you will be too. Also, I could imagine the Major and Harold Fry being friends and playing chess together.
(Finished May 21, 2016)
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