Light and sweet British comedy of manners

Been busy reading "teen" fiction and "so junky I don't want to admit it" fiction and even a little "unhappy" fiction.  But here's a happy one I can recommend for book clubs.

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand is by Helen Simonson. Major Pettigrew is a retired widower in a small British town. He falls in love with Mrs. Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper, who has also been widowed. Their fumbling romance is closely observed by the other inhabitants of the village. The characters are realistic and three dimensional and I've grown to love them. If I saw Major Pettigrew in the street I would rush over to shake his hand, much to his chagrin no doubt.

In high school I enjoyed books by Miss Read and Jane Austen. This has a similar tone. There's social criticism in them, but it's delivered in a light manner.