The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Softcover

Shaffer, Mary Ann; Barrows, Annie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747598800 ISBN 13: 9780747598800

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2009

Synopsis

It's 1946. Juliet Ashton, a 32-year-old writer, has found a certain recognition through her light-hearted column for the Spectator which lifted the spirits of her readers during WW2, but she can't think what to write next. But then Dawsey Adams writes to her from Guernsey - by chance he's acquired a book Juliet once owned - and, emboldened by their mutual love of books, they begin a correspondence. Dawsey belongs to the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, and as Juliet investigates the strange-named reading group, soon she stumbles upon a whole number of islanders eager to write and tell her of their experiences of the German occupation of Guernsey. Entranced by her new friends, Juliet decides to visit the island to meet them properly A moving tale of friendship, tolerance and forgiveness in the wake of a period of unthinkable hardship and horror, this is set to become a classic.

About this title

Review:

`It is atmospheric and touching; it is also deeply romantic' --Alexander McCall Smith, The Times

Book Description:

`This warm-hearted tale of friendship, secrets and long correspondence is perfect rainy-day reading'

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0747598800
• ISBN 13: 9780747598800
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256