Trade paperback. A heartwarming tale in a quintessential English village. Major Ernest Pettigrew is not interested in the frivolity of the modern world, preferring to keep to himself following the death of his wife. But when he falls for Mrs Ali, a shopkeeper of Pakistani descent, the respective loss of their spouses draws them together, although the rest of the village views her as a foreigner. How will his relationship affect his ordered life? *APRIL STOP PRESS*