The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Reviewed by Paisley on July 27th, 2008, 7:34pm

by Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer

Format: Print Books

Series: Other

This was an awesome book. Told through letters.

WWII reflections and story of time afterwards. Probably one of my top reads for 2008, Will appeal to those for whom the original Everlasting Love was the cat's meow. Very uplifting. Moments of sadness but also very uplifting. I really hated to finish this one.

Blurb:

"I wonder how the book got to
Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort
of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect
readers."

January 1946: London is emerging from
the shadow
of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her
next book subject. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter
from a man she has never met, a native of the island of Guernsey, who
has come across her name written inside a book by Charles Lamb?.

As
Juliet and her new correspondent exchange letters, Juliet is drawn into
the world of this man and his friends and what a wonderfully eccentric
world it is. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society born as
a spur-of-the-moment alibi when its members were discovered breaking
curfew by the Germans occupying their island boasts a charming, funny,
deeply human cast of characters, from pig farmers to phrenologists,
literature lovers all.
Juliet begins a remarkable correspondence
with the society's members, learning about their island, their taste in
books, and the impact the recent German occupation has had on their
lives. Captivated by their stories, she sets sail for Guernsey, and
what she finds will change her forever.

Written with warmth and
humor as a series of letters, this novel is a celebration of the
written word in all its guises, and of finding connection in the most
surprising ways.

Merri
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