| Status: | Active, open to new members |
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| When: | Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm (4th Tuesday) |
| Venue: | Bridgend Library |
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This relatively small group meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month at Bridgend Library (Halo Centre) from 2p.m. To 4p.m. Books are provided by the Library staff and a copy is distributed to each member to be returned the following month when it is discussed by all.
THE TUESDAY BOOK GROUP ARE NOW UNABLE TO ADD MORE MEMBERS BUT THE WEDNESDAY BOOK GROUP STILL HAS SPACES.
Major Pettigrew's Last stand - Feb book
You are about to travel to Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside filled with rolling hills, thatched cottages, and a cast of characters both hilariously original and as familiar as the members of your own family. Among them is Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired), the unlikely hero of Helen Simonson's wondrous debut. Wry, courtly, opinionated, and completely endearing, Major Pettigrew is one of the most indelible characters in contemporary fiction, and from the very first page of this remarkable novel he will steal your heart.
The Major leads a quiet life valuing the proper things that Englishmen have lived by for generations: honor, duty, decorum, and a properly brewed cup of tea. But then his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But village society insists on embracing him as the quintessential local and her as the permanent foreigner. Can their relationship survive the risks one takes when pursuing happiness in the face of culture and tradition?