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Title: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Synopsis
It is 1946, in the thick of World War II, when American writer Juliet Ashton becomes the sudden recipient of letters from the inhabitants of Guernsey, the small island in the English Channel that has fallen under Nazi control. The letter writers have formed the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society as a way to gather without attracting the attention of their occupiers. Out of these letters, Juliet comes to know the lives, loves, and hardships of a wonderfully eccentric and vivid cast of characters, and their charming philosophies and anecdotes help her resolve her own romantic conundrum. This warm, inspiring novel originated in the true life stories of Mary Ann Fiery Shaffer, who, upon learning of her terminal illness, contacted her niece Annie Barrows to help her finish the novel. Though Shaffer died in 2008, the year of the novel's publication, her memories of the hardships of war and the resilience of the people of Guernsey live on in this delightful book. As London is emerging from the shadow of World War II, writer Juliet Ashton discovers her next subject in a book club on Guernsey--a club born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi after its members are discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island.

Details
Language:        English

Size
Length:        290 Pages
Weight:        0.5 Pounds
Height:         8.5 Inches
Width:          5.5 Inches
Thickness:    0.8 Inches



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"[A] book-lover's delight, an implicit and sometimes explicit paean to all things literary..."
(07/24/2008)


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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and it was written by Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer. This edition of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is in a Paperback format. This books publish date is May 2009 and it has a suggested retail price of $14. There are 290 pages in the book and it was published by Dial Pr. The 10 digit ISBN is 0385341008 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780385341004. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.