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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Paperback)

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Published: 07/03/2019
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Waterstones Says

When a struggling writer finds out about the exploits of the titular organisation under wartime occupation she makes a decision that will change her life forever, in Shaffer and Barrow’s thoroughly entertaining and moving period novel.

The beloved, life-affirming international bestseller which has sold over 5 million copies worldwide - now a major film starring Lily James, Matthew Goode, Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Courtenay and Penelope Wilton

'I can’t remember the last time I discovered a novel as smart and delightful as this one … Treat yourself to this book, please – I can’t recommend it highly enough' Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love

To give them hope she must tell their story

It’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.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781526610898
Number of pages: 272
Weight: 190 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

Delightfully spirited … You’d have to be pretty hard-hearted not to fall under its spell - Daily Mail

Utterly delightful - Helen Mirren

Atmospheric and touching … it is about love and friendship and the ability of these qualities to survive adversity - Alexander McCall Smith, The Times

Thronging with lovable people - Guardian

I can’t remember the last time I discovered a novel as smart and delightful as this one … Treat yourself to this book, please – I can’t recommend it highly enough - Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love

What a gorgeous book – very touch and funny - Joanna Lumley

Absolutely perfect and satisfying, and when you finish it you sit around wishing that you could find another book just like it - Stephanie Meyer

Every now and again, a book comes along that is simple yet effective, readable yet memorable. This is one such delight … It is a uniquely humane vision of inhumanity; one to lift even the most cynical of spirits - The Times

Funny, moving and quite unlike anything I have read for a long time - Sunday Telegraph

Shaffer’s writing, with its self-deprecating humour and jaunty stylishness, is a heart-warmingly nostalgic journey into another age - Independent

This heart-warming novel contrasts the grimness of occupied Guernsey with the humour and courage of the inhabitants - Daily Mail

So comforting. A real satin coverlet of a book - Rachel Cooke, New Statesman

The society’s members are quirky and lovable, their friendships touching and the letters so funny and moving that by the time she’s considering a visit to the island we are desperate to go with her … Warm and witty - Observer

Thronging with lovable people … The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society commemorates beautiful spirits who pass through our midst and hunker undercover through brutal times. Shaffer’s Guernsey characters step from the past radiant with eccentricity and kindly humour, a comic version of the state of grace … Shaffer’s writing, with its delicately offbeat, self-deprecating stylishness, is exquisitely turned - Guardian

I absolutely adored it. The tone is so light and perfect that I fell in love with the characters just as she does. Heaven - Esther Freud

Moving, authentic and funny - Paul Torday, author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

A real delight - Woman & Home

Moving … A high feel-good factor - Metro

Riveting in its inventiveness, charming in its delivery and, above all, human - Good Housekeeping

Very moving - Marie Claire

This warm-hearted tale of friendship, secrets and long correspondence is perfect rainy-day reading - Elle

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“An enjoyable read.”

I picked up this book in Waterstones initially because a close friend of mine was born and bred on Guernsey and once I realised it was related to the occupation I was sold.
I had just recently finished Anthony... More

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TheBookTrail

“Guernsey history, heart and soul”

This really is a remarkable book and I can also now say a remarkable film too! Guernsey really is a beautiful place that shamefully I have not managed to get to yet, but I want to go more after having seen the film... More

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Steph at Basingstoke

“Touching and good fun”

A lovely tale of piecing happiness together again after the war, told in letters centred around author Juliet and a very unusual book club on Guernsey. It's a bit jarring how harrowing details about the... More

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