The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer
I've read this book before but decided to read it again. Why? Because in 2 weeks time I'm leaving on a cruise around the British Isles. And the first stop is St Peter Port, Guernsey, The Channel Islands. This novel seemed like the perfect way to prepare for what I'm going to see there.
Juliet is a writer looking for a topic for her next novel when she receives a letter from a man living on Guernsey. He's read a book by his favorite author and the book had been inscribed to Juliet. So begins her correspondence with the post war residents of the island. Their stories of the German occupation are fascinating and Juliet just may have landed on the perfect new story for publication. She decides to visit them and falls deeply in love in more ways than one.
The members of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society are an eclectic cast of characters who all want to get in on the action to correspond with the well known author. They each tell their own story in their own words. And what a story they tell about life during the German occupation. They found joy on even the darkest days.
I love stories that are written as letters. Modern society has lost the fine art of written correspondence. An email is simply not the same. Fine penmanship has also gone by the wayside. Juliet and her new friends were able to convey emotion in a handwritten post that brought them together quickly. Their bonds sealed by the time they had licked the stamp and dropped the letter into a mailbox. I can't wait to see this charming place and imagine each of the inhabitants as they went about their daily lives. And I can't wait to handwrite a postcard, buy a local stamp and mail it home.
I've read this book before but decided to read it again. Why? Because in 2 weeks time I'm leaving on a cruise around the British Isles. And the first stop is St Peter Port, Guernsey, The Channel Islands. This novel seemed like the perfect way to prepare for what I'm going to see there.
Juliet is a writer looking for a topic for her next novel when she receives a letter from a man living on Guernsey. He's read a book by his favorite author and the book had been inscribed to Juliet. So begins her correspondence with the post war residents of the island. Their stories of the German occupation are fascinating and Juliet just may have landed on the perfect new story for publication. She decides to visit them and falls deeply in love in more ways than one.
The members of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society are an eclectic cast of characters who all want to get in on the action to correspond with the well known author. They each tell their own story in their own words. And what a story they tell about life during the German occupation. They found joy on even the darkest days.
I love stories that are written as letters. Modern society has lost the fine art of written correspondence. An email is simply not the same. Fine penmanship has also gone by the wayside. Juliet and her new friends were able to convey emotion in a handwritten post that brought them together quickly. Their bonds sealed by the time they had licked the stamp and dropped the letter into a mailbox. I can't wait to see this charming place and imagine each of the inhabitants as they went about their daily lives. And I can't wait to handwrite a postcard, buy a local stamp and mail it home.
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