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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
de Mary Ann Shaffer Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2019, 251 p It's 1946. Juliet Ashton, a 32-year-old writer, has found a certain recognition through her light-hearted column for the Spectator which lifted the spirits of her readers during WW2, but she can't think what to write next. But then Dawsey Adams writes to her from Guernsey - by chance he's acquired a book Juliet once owned - and, emboldened by their mutual love of books, they begin a correspondence. Dawsey belongs to the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, and as Juliet investigates the strange-named reading group, soon she stumbles upon a whole number of islanders eager to write and tell her of their experiences of the German occupation of Guernsey. Entranced by her new friends, Juliet decides to visit the island to meet them properly. |
Shaffer Mary Ann.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2019, 251 p.
Titre : | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society |
Auteurs : | Mary Ann Shaffer, Auteur |
Type de document : | texte imprimé |
Editeur : | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2019 |
ISBN/ISSN : | 978-1-5266-1089-8 |
Format : | 251 p |
Langues: | Anglais |
Résumé : | It's 1946. Juliet Ashton, a 32-year-old writer, has found a certain recognition through her light-hearted column for the Spectator which lifted the spirits of her readers during WW2, but she can't think what to write next. But then Dawsey Adams writes to her from Guernsey - by chance he's acquired a book Juliet once owned - and, emboldened by their mutual love of books, they begin a correspondence. Dawsey belongs to the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, and as Juliet investigates the strange-named reading group, soon she stumbles upon a whole number of islanders eager to write and tell her of their experiences of the German occupation of Guernsey. Entranced by her new friends, Juliet decides to visit the island to meet them properly. |
Nature du document : | fiction |
Genre : | roman épistolaire |
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