The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society / Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
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TextLanguage: English New York : Dial Press, 2009©2008 Description: 290 pages : maps ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780385341004 (paperback)Subject(s): Women authors -- Fiction | Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- Fiction | London (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction | Guernsey -- Fiction | England -- FictionLOC classification: PS3619.H3365 G84 2009Summary: 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. "Traditional without seeming stale, and romantic without being naive . . . It's tempting to throw around terms like 'gem' when reading a book like this. But Guernsey is not precious. . . . This is a book for firesides or long train rides. It's as charming and timeless as the novels for which its characters profess their love."-San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "[The] characters step from the past radiant with eccentricity and kindly humour. [The] writing, with its delicately offbeat, self-deprecating stylishness, is exquisitely turned."-The Guardian (U.K.) "I've never wanted to join a club so desperately as I did while reading Guernsey. . . . [The novel] is a labor of love and it shows on almost every page."-The Christian Science Monitor "I could not put the book down. I have recommended it to all my friends."-Newsday.--Back cover
| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | MEF Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi | Genel Koleksiyon | PS 3619 .H3365 G84 2008 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | Bağışlayan: MEF International School | 0010303 |
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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. "Traditional without seeming stale, and romantic without being naive . . . It's tempting to throw around terms like 'gem' when reading a book like this. But Guernsey is not precious. . . . This is a book for firesides or long train rides. It's as charming and timeless as the novels for which its characters profess their love."-San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "[The] characters step from the past radiant with eccentricity and kindly humour. [The] writing, with its delicately offbeat, self-deprecating stylishness, is exquisitely turned."-The Guardian (U.K.) "I've never wanted to join a club so desperately as I did while reading Guernsey. . . . [The novel] is a labor of love and it shows on almost every page."-The Christian Science Monitor "I could not put the book down. I have recommended it to all my friends."-Newsday.--Back cover