Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
Home Bittersweet HomeThe Major loves his village. The people in it, not so much. At the beginning of the book, the Major goes for a few walks and soaks in the quaint country atmosphere. "The villag...
Genre
This book is a romance from start to finish, even if it's not your Harlequin-branded bodice-ripper (and not just because it's hard to rip a bodice when you have arthritic fingers). From the beginni...
What's Up With the Title?
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand would be a good title for a zombie novel. There are no zombies here, although some of the old women in town are just as scary. So what exact is Major's Pettigrew's "las...
What's Up With the Ending?
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand is a charming little love story about a man dealing with conflicts everyone deals with as they age—old age vs. youth, modernity vs. tradition, and shotguns vs. old wo...
Tough-o-Meter
Major Pettigrew's favorite author may be Rudyard Kipling, but Helen Simonson is lot easier to read than Kipling, mainly just because her story is modern and doesn't feature any talking animals with...