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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

January 1946: writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so...more
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few weeks ago
The novel is set in 1946 post-occupation Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. Juliet Ashton, an English writer, has received a letter from a resident of Guernsey, Dawsey Adams, who is a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Juliet is intrigued by the society and how it came to be, and by the stories of the Nazi occupation related to her by Dawsey and other...more
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A number of people told me it was a good book; but it wasn't until one of my best friends insisted that I read it that I finally checked it out. Up until now, I have to admit that I was put off a little by the title, and by the format of the book. (It's a series of letters.) Now I can happily report that if you haven't read it yet, you really must consider doing so. It tells...more
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I love this book! Told through letters between the characters, it took me a number of pages to sort out the who's who, but that was nearly as mentally stimulating as watching the story unfold throughout the intricately woven story. Interestingly enough, I hadn't really thought much about the Channel Islands during WWII and found myself looking up historical info about the time period once...more
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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’s never met, a native of the island of...more
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I Felt Like a Bit of a Voyeur going through this book, peering into peoples private letters. What an enchanting book. This is definitely a book that is better listened to than read. The cast of voices was superb, with the dialects and different voices helping to identify each character. It did take me a while to get into this type of audiobook, as the entire story is told through letter writing...more
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few weeks ago
Wonderfully written, with modern sensibilities evaporating in favor of a mood and tone of the post-war 40s. Shaffer writes like a veteran, and her characters are so warm and vibrant that a reader slows down unconsciously, savoring every moment of the letters they write one another. One can almost smell the salt air and feel the sea breezes, get pissed at a couple of incredible jerks, get tearful...more
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few weeks ago
Truly one of the best books I have read in a long time. I am usually not a fan of the letter format as a way of telling a story, but this book is a huge exception. From the very first letter, the readers are hooked. Juliet Ashton is an incredible protagonist with spunk, personality and she is easy to love. Along with the characters from Guernsey including Dawsey, Isola and Kit, once you start...more
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few weeks ago
The "potato book" (as I have affectionately dubbed it) has come to be one of my deceptive favorites. I honestly wasn't expecting the book to be this good or this quirky. The letter format is difficult to get past at first, but once you've established the character's voice (it doesn't take but a few pages) then you've got each character nailed down...more
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34. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows - I cannot say enough for how much I *loved* this book. I'll admit that I can be snotty about modern books. I read some of the current popular books but I rarely like them this much. I often find them entertaining but I never admire them as much as I did this one. Let me say, this book is right...more
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Just finished my second read of this book. The first time, it took a while to get into, and because it is written in letter-format, it was a little tough for me to keep the characters straight; I ended up jotting their names and a few descriptive notes on a piece of notepaper and using that as my book mark. Somewhere around the halfway mark I got sucked in, and I really enjoyed my reread (I...more
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