The Guernsey Literary [Book Reveiw]
Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. A Novel. Dial Press; subsidiar of Random House Publishing, 2009. 290pgs. [Questions for discussion on last page]
The first thing that attracted me to this book was its title; what in the world was a Potato Peel Pie? It is a remarkable historial fiction story told in letters and telegrams about an island, and its people, belonging to England that was overtaken and controlled by the Nazis. The characters of the story continue, through their letters, to grow on you.
The style in which the book is written leaves a lot to one's imagination to fill in the blanks, making it a story in which the reader participates more than usual; and in my case wish to one day visit the island of Guernsey. The author leaves just enough of each character's personality for you to fashion them in your own thoughts, and from your own experiences with similar people. I think the book also encourages each one of us to realize that no matter how trivial, or uneventful, we think our lives to be, there is someone waiting to hear our story.
Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. A Novel. Dial Press; subsidiar of Random House Publishing, 2009. 290pgs. [Questions for discussion on last page]
The first thing that attracted me to this book was its title; what in the world was a Potato Peel Pie? It is a remarkable historial fiction story told in letters and telegrams about an island, and its people, belonging to England that was overtaken and controlled by the Nazis. The characters of the story continue, through their letters, to grow on you.
The style in which the book is written leaves a lot to one's imagination to fill in the blanks, making it a story in which the reader participates more than usual; and in my case wish to one day visit the island of Guernsey. The author leaves just enough of each character's personality for you to fashion them in your own thoughts, and from your own experiences with similar people. I think the book also encourages each one of us to realize that no matter how trivial, or uneventful, we think our lives to be, there is someone waiting to hear our story.
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