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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
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Such a beautiful book, I wish I owned it as a real book, instead of on my Kindle, because I would reread it right now. The title is terrible or I would have tried it out sooner. It sounds so kitschy and is rather hard to pronounce too. Potato Peel Pie is a tongue twister!
Written by Mary Ann Shaffer who was a librarian, an editor, and a great family storyteller, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, is an epistolary novel about the trials of the people living in the Channel Islands, in particular, Guernsey, during the German occupation of World War 2.
I learned a lot, but in an entirely easy and fun way so you don't realize it, as you're reading an amazing book.
The only book ever written by Shaffer, she put her whole heart and soul in it and it is lovely. It's witty and makes you smile, even through your tears. She became ill before finishing and her niece finished it, who was the other family storyteller.
It is a love story, a story about courage under horrific conditions and a story about human resilience.
Written by Mary Ann Shaffer who was a librarian, an editor, and a great family storyteller, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, is an epistolary novel about the trials of the people living in the Channel Islands, in particular, Guernsey, during the German occupation of World War 2.
I learned a lot, but in an entirely easy and fun way so you don't realize it, as you're reading an amazing book.
The only book ever written by Shaffer, she put her whole heart and soul in it and it is lovely. It's witty and makes you smile, even through your tears. She became ill before finishing and her niece finished it, who was the other family storyteller.
It is a love story, a story about courage under horrific conditions and a story about human resilience.
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“I can’t think of anything lonelier than spending the rest of my life with someone I can’t talk to, or worse, someone I can’t be silent with.”
― The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel
― The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel
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“That’s what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing will lead you onto another book, and another bit there will lead you onto a third book. It’s geometrically progressive—all with no end in sight, and for no other reason than sheer enjoyment.”
― The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
― The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
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Oh wow! I can't wait to see it Iris P. I heard they were making a movie of it.
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Julie, please do, it is magnificent. I rarely recommend a book so wholeheartedly as I do this one.
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It is not fluffy as the title suggests, that put me off as well.
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Oh! A fellow fan how lovely, thanks Holly. Isn't it the best?
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It is. I found that fascinating as well. Interesting story tellers for a smashing book. Thanks Libby!
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I know! It is very difficult to remember and hokey and childish are good descriptors of the title.
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Thanks Candace! It is wonderful!
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