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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: rejacketed Paperback – 29 May 2018
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The beloved, life-affirming international bestseller which has sold over 5 million copies worldwide - now a major film starring Lily James, Matthew Goode, Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Courtenay and Penelope Wilton
To give them hope she must tell their story
It's 1946. The war is over, and Juliet Ashton has writer's block. But when she receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of Guernsey - a total stranger living halfway across the Channel, who has come across her name written in a second hand book - she enters into a correspondence with him, and in time with all the members of the extraordinary Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
Through their letters, the society tell Juliet about life on the island, their love of books - and the long shadow cast by their time living under German occupation. Drawn into their irresistible world, Juliet sets sail for the island, changing her life forever.
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Delightfully spirited . You'd have to be pretty hard-hearted not to fall under its spell (Daily Mail)
Utterly delightful (Helen Mirren)
Atmospheric and touching . it is about love and friendship and the ability of these qualities to survive adversity (Alexander McCall Smith The Times)
Thronging with lovable people (Guardian)
I can't remember the last time I discovered a novel as smart and delightful as this one . Treat yourself to this book, please - I can't recommend it highly enough (Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love)
What a gorgeous book - very touch and funny (Joanna Lumley)
Absolutely perfect and satisfying, and when you finish it you sit around wishing that you could find another book just like it (Stephanie Meyer)
Every now and again, a book comes along that is simple yet effective, readable yet memorable. This is one such delight . It is a uniquely humane vision of inhumanity; one to lift even the most cynical of spirits (The Times)
Funny, moving and quite unlike anything I have read for a long time (Sunday Telegraph)
Shaffer's writing, with its self-deprecating humour and jaunty stylishness, is a heart-warmingly nostalgic journey into another age (Independent)
This heart-warming novel contrasts the grimness of occupied Guernsey with the humour and courage of the inhabitants (Daily Mail)
So comforting. A real satin coverlet of a book (Rachel Cooke New Statesman)
The society's members are quirky and lovable, their friendships touching and the letters so funny and moving that by the time she's considering a visit to the island we are desperate to go with her . Warm and witty (Observer)
Thronging with lovable people . The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society commemorates beautiful spirits who pass through our midst and hunker undercover through brutal times. Shaffer's Guernsey characters step from the past radiant with eccentricity and kindly humour, a comic version of the state of grace . Shaffer's writing, with its delicately offbeat, self-deprecating stylishness, is exquisitely turned (Guardian)
I absolutely adored it. The tone is so light and perfect that I fell in love with the characters just as she does. Heaven (Esther Freud)
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A real delight (Woman & Home)
Moving . A high feel-good factor (Metro)
Riveting in its inventiveness, charming in its delivery and, above all, human (Good Housekeeping)
Very moving (Marie Claire)
This warm-hearted tale of friendship, secrets and long correspondence is perfect rainy-day reading (Elle)
MARY ANN SHAFFER was born in 1934 in Martinsburg, West Virginia. She worked as an editor, a librarian and in bookshops. She became interested in Guernsey while visiting London in 1976. On a whim, she decided to fly to Guernsey but became stranded there as a heavy fog descended and no boats or planes were permitted to leave the island. As she waited for the fog to clear, she came across a book called Jersey Under the Jack-Boot, and so her fascination with the Channel Isles began. Many years later, when goaded by her own literary club to write a book, Mary Ann naturally thought of Guernsey.
Mary Ann died in February 2008. She knew that this, her only novel, was to be published in thirteen countries. Before she died she wrote, 'I must tender special thanks to my niece, Annie, who stepped in to finish this book after unexpected health issues interrupted my ability to work shortly after the manuscript was sold. Without blinking an eye, she put down the book she was writing, pushed up her sleeves, and set to work on my manuscript. It was my great good luck to have a writer like her in the family, and this book could not have been done without her.'
ANNIE BARROWS is the author the best-selling Ivy and Bean series for children, as well as The Magic Half and Magic in the Mix, and, most recently, a young adult novel entitled Nothing. Her second novel for adults, The Truth According to Us, was published in 2015. She lives with her family in Northern California.
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1526603373
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Publishing (29 May 2018)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781526603371
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Annie Barrows writes for both grownups and children. If you're a grownup, read this paragraph:
Annie Barrows is the co-author, with her aunt Mary Ann Shaffer, of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, published by the Dial Press in 2008. An international best-seller, translated into 38 languages, the novel was adapted into a feature film in 2018. Her best-selling second novel, The Truth According to Us, was published in 2015. Annie lives in Berkeley, California, with her family.
If you're a kid, read this paragraph:
Wow! Was that boring or what? Annie has written a bunch of books for kids. In fact, she has written NINETEEN books for kids, and all of them are very very good. Mostly, they're funny too. She has written the award-winning series Ivy + Bean; the also-award-winning Magic Half and its sequel, Magic in the Mix; Nothing, for young adult readers (that means it has bad words in it); a picture book called What John Marco Saw (don't worry—she didn't draw the pictures); and The Best of Iggy, which is the first book in a new series about—you guessed it!—a kid named Iggy who does not play the cello, plant flowers by the side of the road, or learn his lesson and become a better person. Still, he's a pretty great kid.
Mary Ann Shaffer who passed away in February 2008, worked as an editor, librarian, and in bookshops. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society was her first novel.
Mansa Mudgal
5.0 out of 5 stars is it possible to love all the characters of a book
Reviewed in India on 9 April 2018
"Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie society" aren't you intrigued by the title itself? I was. World War II has just ended and and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she's never met, a native of the island of Guernsey, who has come across her name written inside a book by Charles Lamb…. And so begins the correspondence between Juliet and the lovely inhabitants of
Guernsey, first about the society and then about the german Occupation of the channel islands, is it possible to love all the characters of a book? .
This book is beautiful and heartwarming, the wartime narrative was a little confronting in places but necessary.
Anjali S
5.0 out of 5 stars An absolutely beautiful book
Reviewed in India on 3 September 2019
Book Review : Guernsy Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
I have to thank @frenchflaps_and_deckleedges for recommending this book to me.
The fact that it was a book about books and that it dealt with the post world war period was what initially piqued my interest. As you know, I am a sucker for historical fic in that period. But what I didn't realise was that, it was also an epistolary novel. I usually don't like that style.
I needn't have worried. I don't know if it was the discussions on books or if it was the writing itself, but I was most definitely hooked right from the beginning of the novel.
I could completely relate to the characters in this book because we all share the passion for reading. The concept of books and reading uniting a group of people at the time of great darkness and despair and managing to give them friendships, happiness and hope for a better tomorrow was lovely beyond words.
This book is one of those rare finds which can make us laugh out loud one minute and can also make us cry the very next page. It was humorous, witty, thought provoking and heart breaking in equal measures. It was made all the more endearing by the lovely, unique and quirky characters. Each and every one of them remains unforgettable long after you finish reading the last page. This book also gifted me with Juliet Ashton and Elizabeth McKenna, two inspiring fictional heroines, who I will look upto for the rest of my life.
I can't describe how happy and satisfied and warm this book left me with. I am officially in one of my worst bookhangovers and slumps post this book because nothing else I have read hence can compare with the high this one left me in 😅
So I decided to watch the movie 🤦🏻‍♀️. Worst decision of my life because it completely ruined all my warm fuzzies. Now I am going back to reread the book to get back all that floaty happy feeling once more
5.0 out of 5 stars Endearing
Reviewed in India on 20 June 2018
The first few pages, i thought I'm going to regret buying this book, who are these people and what are they speaking of....but I was so so wrong. As one of characters of the book puts it, the authors had me by the throat once Juliet Ashton had taken shape in my mind with the teapot incident. Beautifully written and every unique personality brought to life only through their letters to one another. The grief brought on by war and the elation at it's end is described beautifully. Every incident described but the residents or Guernsey gives the reader an insight into the seemingly smaller aspects of war. The most surprising part for me was the humor. My favorite character has to be Isola! This book is bound to keep the reader hooked right upto the last letter.
Yashika Vohra
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book
Reviewed in India on 29 August 2020
It's always extremely rare for me if I happen to see the movie before I've read the book. In this case, I had watched the movie a few months ago and had absolutely loved it. I had decided there and then that I would definitely read the book. And I'm so glad I did.
This book is such a breath of fresh air that we're all craving for these days. It's feel good, without any unnecessary airs, talks about how the World War II affected life and most importantly, it pays an ode to people who love books. And the cherry on the cake is that it's written completely in the form of communication that I love the most, letters!
I absolutely loved the concept of the story and the beloved characters will stay with me for a long time to come. I can read as many thrillers or hard hitting books as I want, but my heart always truly finds solace in such simple stories which have books at the heart of them and how they are the ultimately the mediums that bring people together.
Nicky Hudson
5.0 out of 5 stars An unexpected and charming reading
I purchased this novel on a whim, and didn't have too many expectations of it. What a revelation! It turned out to be one of the best books I've read in ages! A fantastic story, told entirely through letters, that reveals the suffering the Channel Islands experienced in WW2, but also shows the great character and resilience of the Islands
I'm not going to say anymore as I don't want to spoil anything. But please, if you enjoy an entertaining novel, give this one a try. I loved it!
Tracey Madeley
4.0 out of 5 stars Warm, witty and easy to read.
This is about a writer who travels to Guernsey just after the end of the Second World War and falls in love with the place and the courage of its islanders during the German occupation. Written in an epistolary form, it allows the writer to let the characters tell their own stories of the occupation.
Dawsey Adams owns a farm and likes the writings of Charles Lamb. This is a theme of the book that everyone has a favourite author. For Isola she talks to Juliet of her biography of Anne Bronte. Eben, a tombstone carver, likes Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Dickens. Clovis wants to learn poetry to impress a lady and looks to Catullus a Roman Poet and the war poetry of Wilfred Owen. John Brooker who takes on the persona of his employer Tobias Penn-Piers, reads the letters of Seneca. The founder of the society is Elizabeth, who we never see as she is captured and sent to a prisoner of war camp. Dawsey tells the reader how during the war the Germans confiscated all food provisions including any livestock. When Mrs Maugery calls him and tells him she has a pig and bring a butcher's knife they gather the neighbour's and have a feast. Coming home after curfew a little worse for wear they are caught by the Germans who demand to know where they have been. Elizabeth proclaims they have been at the inaugural meeting of the literary society. They had been reading Elizabeth and her German Garden, a book which I'm sure doesn't exist, but placated the guards.
In part one Juliet remains in the UK and the letters are sent back and forth. She also gains an admirer in the form of Markham Reynolds, a suave, intelligent American who sends her flowers and takes her out to dinner. Their relationship reaches a crunch point when he asks her to marry him and she is not sure. When she travels to Guernsey we see his more controlling side. This is a beautiful contrast to the simplicity and unassuming nature of the islanders.
Each character has their own use of language and some are more opinionated than others. Adele Addison disapproves of Elizabeth due to her liaison with a German Officer, but Remy who resides in the detainment camp with her speaks of her courage. Isola speaks of men being more interesting in books than in real life and is dismayed someone has not introduced her to Jane Austen. Dawsey is portrayed as not very well educated, especially when contrasted with Juliet's American suitor, but he still reads Charles Lamb.
Witty and engaging this is a beautiful easy read, celebrating the courage of an island through the eyes of its residents and the curiosity of a writer. What makes this more poignant is the fact that the author died before the final edit and it was her niece that completed the book.
Alexander Bryce
5.0 out of 5 stars A really nice book
What a brilliant book presented as an exchange of letters from a young authoress to the members of the Guernsey literary society and her mainland friends and colleagues during the WW11 German occupation of Guernsey. An eye opener for those of us who did not realise the impact the occupation had on the Channel Islanders.
After an hour or so reading, I felt that I knew the characters and was hooked. Alongside the deprevations of war, the cruelty in the concentration camps and the duplicity of a few traitorous locals selling information to the Germans for favours, there is much humour and a slowly emerging love story.
Nice is not a nice word, but very occasionally it is exactly the right word. This is a nice book.
Midgebear
3.0 out of 5 stars Occupied
I only purchased this book because of the title - it intrigued me - then shortly after purchasing I saw a trailer for the movie so figured I'd better move it up my "to be read" list. I wasn't aware that this was an epistolary novel on purchasing and this did throw up a couple of issues for me - not the nature of the reading or the layout of the book, but rather the fact that the only distinct voice was that of Juliet. The letters to her from all other sources do not have a sufficiently distinct "voice" to make the book really work; the one exception being Adelaide Addison and even then you can still feel the author(s) beneath the words.
What the format does do very well is give you a sense of time and place that the events are unfolding in. It also allows multiple threads to unfold at the same time without ever really blurring them in to each other. I did feel in places that 21st Century morality had been superimposed on to the year immediately post the second world war (this was particularly true in the case of how one character's homosexuality was dealt with). On the whole the time period did feel generally realistic and Juliet Ashton makes for an exceptionally likeable protagonist.
What the authors have done well is to gently introduce us to themes and ideas without beating us over the head with them. The overarching thread is one that deals with the German Occupation of Guernsey and the privations suffered by the Islanders at the time. This gently unfolds in the form of letters to Juliet from first Dawsey Adams and then a complete avalanche from the other members of the Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society, each giving their experience of the Occupation and how the books they read helped them through and brought them together as a community.
It is a rich book that I enjoyed but somehow I felt a little let down by it all in the end. I would recommend it to another reader but it doesn't make my re-read list.
5.0 out of 5 stars A light and enjoyable read
This is a great relaxing read. I did watch the film a few months ago, and I enjoyed that, but the book is so much better. Told through the medium of letters, this is the one woman's story about the occuoation of the Channel Islands during the 1939-45 conflict.
The central character, Juliet Ashton, finds herself charged with uncovering what happened on Guernsey for her editor. Juliet begins a correspondence with a number of islanders which eventually leads to her arrival on the island to meet all the poeple she has got to know through their letters.
Meeting everyone in person and getting to grips with their personal stories and developing an attachment to one particular islander is the focus of the film and the second half of the book.
Although told entirely through the medium of letters - a device that I know can rankle with lots of readers - the story romps along nicely. I liked the inclusion of the little personal comments and quips in the letters as the writers got to know each other better. I thought the sense of place, both war-torn London and the island, was very well conveyed and served as a perfect backdrop to the letters.
A light read with a fascinating interesting historical background and a dash of romance to tug at the heartstrings.