The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Shaffer, Mary Ann2018
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Total copies: 2
It's January, 1946, and writer Juliet Ashton sits at her desk, vainly seeking a subject for her next book. Out of the blue, she receives a letter from one Dawsey Adams of Guernsey - by chance, he's acquired a secondhand book that once belonged to Juliet - and, spurred on by their mutual love of Charles Lamb, they begin a correspondence. The beloved, life-affirming international bestseller which has sold over 5 million copies worldwide - soon to be a major film coming in April 2018, starring Lily James, Matthew Goode, Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Courtenay and Penelope WiltonTo give them hope she must tell their storyIt's 1946. The war is over, and Juliet Ashton has writer's block. But when she receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of Guernsey - a total stranger living halfway across the Channel, who has come across her name written in a second hand book - she enters into a correspondence with him, and in time with all the members of the extraordinary Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Through their letters, the society tell Juliet about life on the island, their love of books - and the long shadow cast by their time living under German occupation. Drawn into their irresistible world, Juliet sets sail for the island, changing her life forever.
Main title:
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society / Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows.
Author:
Shaffer, Mary Ann, authorBarrows, Annie, author
Edition:
[New] edition.
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.
Collation:
251 pages : maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
This edition originally published: 2010.Film tie-in.
ISBN:
9781408895993 (pbk)9781408803318 (ebook)
Dewey class:
813.6
LC class:
PS3619.H3365
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
324501