Book: The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Pie Society
Author: Mary Anne Shaffer
Pages: 290
This is my 7th read for the year
What Amazon says:
January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, 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 Guernesy, who has come across her name written inside a book by Charles Lamb. As Juliet and her new correspondend exchange letters, Juliet is drawn into the world of this man and his friends - and what a wonderfully eccentric world it is. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - born as a spru-of-the-moment alibi when its members were discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island - boasts a charming, funny, deeply human cast of characters, from pig farmers to phrenologists, lterature lovers all. Juliet beings a remarkable correspondence with the society's members, learning about their island, their taste in books, and the impact the recent German occupation has had on their lives. Captivated by their stories, she sets saild for Guernesy, and what she finds will change her forever.
This was a pretty good book. I might be a little gernous giving it 4 stars - it is more like a 3.5. I did like the characters and the sweet town of Guernsey. I could pictures the cute houses and the gathering of the Literary Society. I did not like that the entire book was written in the style of letters back and forth between characters. I felt that I couldn't really get into the story that way - it was choppy at best. I also did not love the main character - Juliet. She was fine, but some of the thing she did seemed way out there. Adopting a little girl who she didn't know within a few weeks of being on the island? And falling for a guy where the letters were just not giving any indication of their strong feelings at all.
anway - it was fine. Cute story.
Stars: 4
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