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|  | Authors: Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
List Price: $14.00
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Rating:  1019 reviews
Sales Rank: 44
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st Thus.
Pages: 290
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0385341008
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780385341004
ASIN: 0385341008
Publication Date: May 5, 2009
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 Fun read November 17, 2009
wmowens (Minnesota)
I really enjoyed this book. We read it for bookclub and it had great reviews all around. Would love to go there even though I felt like I was there while reading this book.
 Surprising! November 16, 2009
S. Nicholson (Chicago, IL)
I found I enjoyed this little book more than I thought I might. I wasn't sure I'd be able to get into the format of "letters." But before long, I was there, after WWII in GB and Guernsey! I'd love to be able to travel to Guernsey even now and see the island "up close and personal!" Lovely little book and quick read. I would definitely recommend.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society November 16, 2009
Ruth E. Bergeron (new york)
Charming, disarming and wonderful insight into a group of resilient island residents in World War II. But that is just the background. The story is about Elizabeth whom you meet only indirectly through an exchange of letters. The whole book is an exchange of letters. This might seem an odd way to write a book but for this author it works and you have a better sense of who all the players are by what and how they write. I could not put this down - and finished it in one day (I was on vacation at the time!)I then went back and re-read several sections to appreciate them all over again. I promptly purchased this as a gift to my three sons so they would learn about their mother's heritage.
Not all great books run deep November 16, 2009
Erin Webster (Gig Harbor)
We read this in our book group, alongside 84 Charing Cross. This book is much lighter subject matter than we usually read, but paired with 84 Charing Cross, it still left a resounding message of how books can bring people together and make life better. I have read this book several times since then, and I fall in love with Guernsey and the characters more and more each time. It's perfect light reading for adults, and there isn't enough of that out there!
Well done. November 16, 2009
Gerald Lee (Minnesota)
Very interesting. I liked the style, (letters to each other) the wit and the humor. You get involved with the characters and learn a lot about the German occupation of the island of Guernsey during WWII. You learn about the hardships they endured and also the positive spirit of the Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. I highly recommend it.
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