The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

243 pages

English language

Published Nov. 22, 2008 by Bloomsbury.

ISBN:
978-0-7475-8919-8
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OCLC Number:
227276067

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"A glorious, gorgeous, completely irresistible novel, Guernsey will win hearts everywhere. An affecting, emotional epistolary novel recalling the charm and warmth of 84 Charing Cross Road and the gentle wit of Alexander McCall Smith, Guernsey tells the story of a small group of neighbors on the island of Guernsey off the coast of England. A pig farmer, an elegant lady, a potion maker, a rag and bone man, a footman posing as a lord who survive the Nazi occupation in the Second World War by gathering over humble potato peel pie to talk of Shakespeare, Chaucer, and the great novels. With the war over, Juliet, an eager writer from London, uncovers just how dramatic the lives of these islanders really were during the war, and through them, discovers the drama in her own life. Guernsey is a real gem of a novel. It's that rare thing: a small story, simply …

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Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Women authors
  • Book clubs (Discussion groups)
  • History

Places

  • England
  • Guernsey
  • London (England)
  • Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies
  • Guernsey (Channel Islands)
  • Channel Islands