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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Random House Reader's Circle)

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Random House Reader's Circle)

ISBN: 9780385341004

Title: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Random House Reader's Circle)

Author: Mary Ann Shaffer,Annie Barrows

KDL Description:

In 1946, writer Juliet Ashton finds inspiration for her next book in her correspondence with a native of Guernsey, who tells her about the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a book club born as an alibi during German occupation.

Amazon Description:

January 1946: writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name.