Books
by Mary Ann Shaffer
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society |
with Annie Barrows
An enchanting and captivating novel. It comprises a series of letters which gradually reveal what life was like in Guernsey during the Nazi occupation, while also telling the heart-warming ongoing story of members of the eponymous group. The characters are beautifully drawn, and it manages to combine humour, tragedy and a love story brilliantly. It made me laugh and cry, and I almost couldn't bear to finish it. How sad the author died before writing more.
(Annie Noble - bwl 52 July 2009) |
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society |
This heart-warming epistolary novel, reminiscent of 84 Charing Cross Road, contrasts the grimness of occupied Guernsey with the humour and courage of the inhabitants. The letters are funny and moving, the author has the ability truly to evoke England at war but also to recreate a culture that reveres books. Comic and quirky, but at the same time touching and tragic, this is a lovely book.
Written with Annie Barrows
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 62 Autumn 2011) |
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