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Please be aware that this discussion guide may contain spoilers. He is the father of roger, a posturing and preening young man who has incorporated none of the values of his dad. Major pettigrew is a very proper and delightfully droll widower of 68 who resides in the quaint village of edgecombe st. Read major pettigrews last stand a novel by helen simonson available from rakuten kobo.
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