The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publisher Place: Crows Nest, Sydney
Publisher Year: 2008
Edition: Reprint

Description: 265 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. JUliet Ashton Was Wondering What To Write Next For Her Witty Newspaper. She Receives A Letter From Guernsey And Formed A Correspondence Friendship. Eventually She Visited Guernsey To Visit Members Of The Guernsey Literary And Potato Pie Soc Which Turns Her Life Upside Down.

Publishers Description: A celebration of literature, love, and the power of the human spirit, this warm, funny, tender, and thoroughly entertaining novel is the story of an English author living in the shadow of World War II and the writing project that will dramatically change her life. An international bestseller now in paperback. A moving tale of post-war friendship, love and books, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society is a captivating and completely irresistible novel of enormous depth and heart. Its 1946, and as Juliet Ashton sits at her desk in her Chelsea flat, she is stumped. A writer of witty newspaper columns during the war, she cant think of what to write next. Out of the blue, she receives a letter from one Dawsey Adams of Guernsey - by chance hes acquired a book Juliet once owned - and, emboldened by their mutual love of books, they begin a correspondence. Dawsey is a member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, and its not long before the rest of the members write to Juliet - including the gawky Isola, who makes home-made potions, Eben, the fisherman who loves Shakespeare, and Will Thisbee, rag-and-bone man and chef of the famous potato peel pie. As letters fly back and forth, Juliet comes to know the extraordinary personalities of the Society and their lives under the German occupation of the island. Entranced by their stories, Juliet decides to visit the island to meet them properly - and unwittingly turns her life upside down. Gloriously honest, enchanting and funny, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society is sure to win your heart. I cant remember the last time I discovered a novel as smart and delightful as this one. Treat yourself to this book, please - I cant recommend it highly enough. Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the international bestseller Eat, Pray, Love.

ISBN: 9781741758955