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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Book

‘Shaffer's writing, with its delicately offbeat, self-deprecating stylishness, is exquisitely turned, bearing a clear debt to Jane Austen.’ – The Guardian A war-ravaged Britain is emerging from the Second World War. It’s a new start too for writer Juliet Ashton, keenly seeking out material for a new novel. Fate, however, finds its way, as the chance find by a Guernsey native of a book belonging to Juliet opens a surprising door. Soon, what began as a writerly search for inspiration will result in changes she could never anticipate. In the tradition of Helene Hanff’s 84 Charing Cross Road, Mary Ann Shaffer’s The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society has become, since its posthumous publication, one of the classic epistolary novels. Set against a background of both physical and psychological recovery from the monstrosity of war, Shaffer ekes out a gentle but still penetrative comedy of manners, where the exchange of letters between two bibliophiles gradually draws together two different worlds. Simultaneously, we learn of the deep and often terrible sacrifices made by a small island community that found themselves abandoned to the power of the Nazi war machine. Mary Ann Shaffer, who was born in West Virginia and lived for most of her life in California, tragically passed away during the manuscript’s editing: the final drafts were completed by her niece Annie Barrows.Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    A poignant tale of the power of friendship, built through a mutual love of reading, Annie Barrows' feel-good novel is highly recommended. Lead character Juliet Ashton is drawn into correspondence with Guernsey boy Dawsey Adams and slowly learns all there is to know about the fascinating secret history of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. It is not long before she begins to hear from other members and as letters fly back and forth with stories of life in Guernsey under the German Occupation, Juliet soon realises that the society is every bit as extraordinary as its name. As her curiosity grows, Juliet, an author struggling for ideas for her next book, visits her new friends in a charming encounter.

  • Play

    It's 1946 and author Juliet Ashton can't think what to write next. Out of the blue she receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of Guernsey - by chance he's acquired a book that once belonged to her - and spurred on by their mutual love of reading they begin a correspondence. When Dawsey reveals that he is a member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society her curiosity is piqued and it's not long before she begins to hear from other members. As letters fly back and forth with stories of life in Guernsey under the German Occupation Juliet soon realizes that the society is every bit as extraordinary as its name.

  • Blackwell

    Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. It's 1946 and author Juliet Ashton can't think what to write next. Out of the blue, she receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of Guernsey - by chance, he's acquired a book that once belonged to her ...

  • Waterstones

    ''Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society''.

  • Pickabook

    Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows

  • 1408810263
  • 9781408810262
  • Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
  • 7 June 2010
  • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 256
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