4
star review of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by
Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
I
tend to find epistolary stories either boring or confusing,
particularly when there are multiple people writing to each other,
but the underlying story totally overcame those problems. Perhaps it
was the different ‘voices’. During World War II, Guernsey, one of
the islands in the English channel, was occupied by the Germans and
the citizens underwent enormous hardships. This takes place soon
after. As the citizens tell their stories to writer Juliet Ashton, we
come to know a few. When she travels to the island, we learn more
about them as well as her. In the end, it’s a charming
love
story.
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