Friday, January 6, 2012

2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

The Facts
A collections of letters between the main character (an author) and her editor, her editor's sister, a suitor and her newly discovered friends in the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Set in the aftermath of World War II in Europe, the plot explores the personal impact of German control on the island of Guernsey for a host of different characters.

Thoughts
A book for book lovers and journeyers. The authors have a way of describing the passion felt by reading familiar classics and the joyous curiosity of finding new authors, new topics, new homes and forming new relationships through a shared love of reading. With a hodge-podge of characters, each more lovable and endearing than the next, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is perfect for a those who reveal in the written word, the unworn path and who have a quick and quirky sense of humor.

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