The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society- A Novel by Mary Ann Shaffer
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Web ID: 4134512I've sent this book as a gift many times
I've gifted this book to many people during the pandemic. It's a beautifully written tale of both the power of books and the resilience of people. It's also a triumph of the heart, and a slice of history I'd never known before. Highly recommend!
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What a delightful read!
This delightful book ranks very near the top of my all-time favorite reads! I had heard about this book from so many different book groups I decided I had to finally read it and I am so happy that I did. This book takes place in 1946 after the German occupancy of the channel islands during WWII. Juliet Ashton is an author living in London who receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of the island of Guernsey after he found her name in a book that he obtained. He was inquiring about an author and she sent him a book by that author, thus beginning a correspondence between the two. This event snowballed from there! What a wonderful, charming book this is. By the time I was done reading it, I felt like I knew all of the characters personally! This book was hard to put down and is such a wonderful story that I highly recommend it.
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My absolute favorite book of all time!
I love this story so much. It's real, romantic, witty, and so adorable. My signed copy is my most prized possession! I highly, highly recommend the book. The movie makes me angry, because the movie deviates from the original story too much, so stick with the book!
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Loved this sweet story!
A beautiful story written through a series of letters that introduced the most lovely set of characters on the little island of Guernsey. It was different than other WW2 stories that I've read but still packed with emotion. I watched before watching the Netflix adaptation and loved both. Definitely recommend.
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Terrific epistolary novel, just lovely
How did I miss this when it first came out? What a wonderful book, I tore through it in a day. I love epistolary novels anyway and this one reminded me of two of my favorites: 84 Charing Cross Road and Daddy-Long-Legs — the first because of the focus on books and reading, and the second because Juliet’s spritely voice reminds me of Judy Abbott. I just loved it.
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