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Linda Sexauer
Jul 21, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: 2008
Several years ago, I worked at an art gallery here in Anchorage. Though I loved the art, I wasn’t much good at selling it. More often than not, I just chatted up the customers, who were from all over the world.

One night, four elderly people wandered in. They told me they were from a tiny island off the coast of southern England called “Guernsey”. I’d never heard of it, so they proudly explained it was the only part of British soil that had been occupied by the Nazis during World War II. The isla
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Serena
Jul 27, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows' The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a novel in letters between writer Juliet Ashton, her friends Sidney and Sophia, and her new friends from the Guernsey Channel Islands.

Ashton is in the midst of a book tour for a collection of her WWII articles under the pseudonym Izzy Bickerstaff. However, she is floundering on the topic for her next book, which is opportune for Ashton who begins to write articles for the Times about the practical, moral, an
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Robin
Jun 01, 2008 rated it really liked it
This another book that I received after subscribing to the online newsletter, Shelf Awareness. It's designed for booksellers but I know of at least one othter librarian who who has subscribed and clicked through to receive free advance review copies. This one caught my eye right away because I thought the title was clever. And when I saw that it's a series of letters, I really sat down and focused on this tale of a 30something writer who begins corresponding with the residents of Guernsey, one o ...more
Stacie
Nov 02, 2008 rated it it was amazing
First of all I have to thank book bloggers for talking about this book. I never would have picked up this book on its own. The title threw me off, but after hearing about it, I was intrigued. I am so grateful because I absolutely LOVED this book. The style was very different. No chapters, just letters or telegrams back and forth between the characters in the book. So, it made it a quick and easy read. You could read a few letters and come back later if you needed to. But that would have been dif ...more
Elizabeth
Jun 25, 2009 rated it really liked it
This is a wonderful book to listen to as it is a full cast audio (although Dawsey sounded, to my mind, quite a bit older than he really was). I recently had a chance to read this for a reading map project I did for my readers advisory class and it is just as lovely to read. The dialogue is witty and the characters are well developed. Each letter is introduced with both who is writing it and who they are writing to, making it very easy to keep track of characters. My only issue is that while the ...more
Ellen
Jan 02, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Re-reading this delightful book for the Best Book Club Ever meeting on March 31.
Lesley
Jun 03, 2009 rated it it was amazing
I have read some pretty tough books lately and needed a book that was interesting and whitty... and this book was perfect. The book format was a nice touch and I learned about a place that I didn't even know existed, nor that it was occupied by Nazi Germany during the war. Now, I am not saying that my american-based education lacked info on the lands between England and Europe... but it must have been pretty boring stuff because I sure as heck-fire don't remember learning about it. This was a go ...more
Teresa
Feb 20, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: read-in-2009
I really enjoyed this book. It's a quick and easy read with a warmth that belies the subject matter, the occupation of the island of Guernsey for 5 years of WW 2. ...more
Ann
Mar 06, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: read-in-2009
I loved this book! Told in a series of letters, the characters all spoke in their own voices. The book also told a part of WWII history that I did not know. The Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands is a story that needs to be told.
Lois
Jun 02, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Really enjoyed this book. Wanted to go to Guernsey Island after I read it.
Cheryl
May 27, 2009 rated it liked it
Shelves: book-club
I was a bit disappointed by this book. I found the letters entertaining and the characters were surprisingly well developed but I read books for an interesting story line. I felt this book failed to meet that requirement of a great book.

Juliet leaves everything behind to visit Guernsey under the guise of writing a book about the people she meets there. The book i really about "finding herself" and falling in love. Yawn!!
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Chris
I would give this 3.5 - 4 stars. It was an enjoyable read. And I always love reading any books having to do with WWII - I always learn so much and there are so many aspects and facets to the war that you never even learned or knew about. I liked how the book was written in "correspondence" - an interesting idea. I also liked how the division between the good guys and bad guys wasn't very black and white. War was/is more complicated than that. ...more
Robin
This is the first time since I've been logging my books on Goodreads that I've read or in this case, listened to a book I've read a book I've already read but this is one that I absolutely loved when I read it as an ARC and when my bookclub chose it, I was really excited about listening to it and I was not disappointed. A small cast of characters reads the letters that comprise this novel and I loved their voices. And it made me emotional during the sad parts just as much as reading it did! ...more
Katrina
Mar 17, 2009 rated it liked it
An okay book...I skimmed through most of it.
Heather
Aug 06, 2008 rated it liked it
Meg
Oct 02, 2008 rated it really liked it
Carol
Dec 21, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2009, bookclub
Elise
Jan 19, 2009 rated it really liked it
Em
Feb 13, 2009 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: favorites
Liz
Apr 28, 2009 rated it really liked it
Deborah
May 03, 2009 rated it really liked it
Michelle Weeks
Jun 05, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fiction, favorites
Rebecca
Jun 12, 2009 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Rita
Jul 08, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Irene
Jul 09, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Peggy
Aug 14, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Lisa
Oct 12, 2009 marked it as to-read
Heather
Nov 20, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Jennifer
Jan 31, 2010 rated it really liked it
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