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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Mary Ann Shaffer

Discussion: November/December 2008

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Nov 08, 2010 Kathrina rated it it was ok

Shelves: american-fiction, targu-mures-book-group, literary-canon-explodes-on-island, keeping-up-with-the-joneses

So it's no secret that I love to read. I've been doing it aggressively for several decades now. I read widely, unrestricted by most genres, for entertainment, for inspiration, for transport, for curiosity. But I cannot name for you the literal moment that little light went on that said, " I like to read." There was no one book that changed my attitude towards reading, no author that opened up my brain and showed me "the way." And there was certainly no evil Nazi holding a gun to my head, saying ...more

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Aug 07, 2013 Linda Boyd rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio-books, nook-books-to-read, pick-for-me, pick-it-for-me-challenge-rp

When I started listening to the audio version of this book I did not at all think that I was going to like it, but I ended up loving it. This book is written in letter form and I could just not see how this book was going to make sense or even come together for me but it totally works! The inky challenging part which was really not a big deal was keeping up with the dates if the letters, I would get so engrossed in the story that I would sometimes forget the dates of the letters.

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Sep 28, 2012 Christine Seifert rated it it was amazing

Shelves: recommended-by-trusted-reader, historical-fiction, 2012-books

What a lovely little book. I can't believe I let this sit on my shelf for so long! Somehow I got the idea that this book was going to be about old ladies talking about knitting and gardening. And that there was possibly a crime-solving cat. And recipes scattered between chapters. I would not read *that* book. But this one was almost perfect. ...more

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Oct 11, 2010 Michelle rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010, around-the-world-in-books, favorites

I really enjoyed this book. I did listen to the audio version instead of reading a version, so I don't know if the narration made a difference, but I found this book delightful! It is a novel of letters set just after WWII. The main character, Juliette, writes to her publisher, girl friends, potential boy friends and members of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society and they all write back to her. The book is all about the happenings of the English Channel Island during and after the Germ ...more

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Jan 11, 2011 Landis rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, historical-fiction

Wonderful story telling through letters. Considers the Isle of Guernsey under the German occupation and the resistance of the soul. Lovely and lyrical.

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Aug 02, 2011 Cyndie rated it it was ok · review of another edition

"This is a novel, presented as a correspondence between a woman who wishes to write a story and a group of people who lived through the 5 year occupation of the Channel Island - Guernsey by the Germans during WWII. It is set in the period just after the end of the war.

Sweet - that is the word that best describes this novel. I'm glad i read it. It made me happy. I have loaned it without worry to a wide group of people with various tastes in reading material and everyone was glad i suggested it." ...more

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