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As London is emerging from the shadow of World War II, writer Juliet Ashton discovers her next subject in a book club on Guernsey--a club born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi after its members are discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island.
Caramellunacy: Both stories are bittersweet - tales of hardship, prejudice and hope although they are set in very different places and very different times. Fried Green Tomatoes jumps around but describes life, race relations and murder in a small Southern town during the Great Depression. Shaffer's novel deals with the occupation (and its aftermath) of the small Channel Island of Guernsey during WWII.… (plus d'informations)
Utilisateur anonyme: Both novels reflect on World War II from small, seaside towns, one an island in Europe, the other a small town in Cape Cod. The female leads are unique and interesting and are surrounded by great small town people.
jill123: Though they are different in style and tone, both books are set in the Channel Islands during the Nazi Occupation. I enjoyed the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, but I found Ebenezer Le Page to be an absolutely wonderful book. More complex and interesting than the Potato Peel Society.… (plus d'informations)
BasilBlue: Although written in a more elegantly sparse style, this book covers much the same territory, geographically and emotionally.
nillacat: A deeper, darker portrait of Guernsey through the fictional autobiography of a unique, difficult, yet attractive character from the end of the 19th century through the two world wars and into the 1960s.
Voracious_Reader: The writing styles and the authors' love for the written word connect both period pieces in my mind even though their plots are extremely different.
vulgarboatman: Similar themes of a journalist discovering the layers of secrets around a mystery from WWII, along with an exploration of the effect of these events on the survivors, their families, and ultimately on the journalist herself.
BookshelfMonstrosity: Going in to the bookmobile to apologize for the disturbance created by one of her corgis, Queen Elizabeth II feels it would only be polite to check out a book. When she returns it, she checks out another . . . and then another. One of her pages becomes her abettor in the matter of securing books and reading them. Thus begins an amusing but also thought-provoking saga of how reading can change a person's habits and even outlook.… (plus d'informations)
bell7: Though one is set in contemporary times on a fictional island of the coast of Massachusetts and the other in post World War II England, both books show the importance of story and have an optimistic tone while dealing with some of life's challenges.
BookshelfMonstrosity: A love of literature helps protagonists form unlikely but rewarding new relationships in these tender stories of personal redemption. The vibrant characterization, gently humorous tone, and whimsical, heartwarming narratives shine in compelling novels that illustrate the power of reading.… (plus d'informations)
betsytacy: This YA novel, set in 1936, features 16-year-old Sophie, a royal orphan growing up with her siblings and cousin in a shabby castle on island kingdom of Montmaray, somewhere off the coast of England. The island's strategic location draws the interest of the Nazis.… (plus d'informations)
Roman épistolaire qui a reçu un très grand accueil public. J'avoue que j'ai du mal à comprendre cet engouement. Ce roman n'a pas beaucoup d'intérêt. Une histoire gentillette, une réflexion sur la littérature assez superficielle et pas très originale, des personnages sans grands intérêts, et un style d'écriture assez plat. En refermant le livre, je me suis demandé pourquoi l'auteur aidé de sa nièce a t-elle éprouvée le besoin, l'envie de publier et partager ce texte. Bref un moment de lecture pas désagréable mais dont il ne restera pas grand chose. ( )
Ce livre m'a procuré un rare sentiment de bien-être, de chaleur, comme un petit cocon, un fauteuil moelleux devant une cheminée crépitante alors qu'il neige dehors... Certes ce n'est pas de la très grande littérature mais on ne peut pas en dire autant de bien des livres. ( )
Juliet est écrivain et a connu un certain succès pendant la seconde guerre mondiale en écrivant une chronique humoristique sur le quotidien des anglais. Elle est en panne d’inspiration depuis la fin de la guerre jusqu’au jour où elle reçoit un courrier d’un habitant de Guernesey, Dawsey, lui demandant si elle peut lui recommander un libraire. Il se trouve qu’il a en sa possession un ouvrage d’occasion lui ayant appartenu et qu’il aurait aimé lire une biographie de l’auteur ; malheureusement la guerre a laissé l’île de Guernesey sans librairie. C’est le début d’une correspondance soutenue entre Juliet et les membres du cercle littéraire auquel appartient Dawsey.
J’ai beaucoup aimé le personnage de Juliet, elle est drôle et spirituelle. Les évènements sont décrits avec un ton léger, ce qui ne veut pas dire que la guerre est traitée avec légèreté mais plutôt que le parti pris du livre est une approche positive de la vie.
"The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society," written by the late Mary Ann Shaffer and her niece, children's author Annie Barrows, stays within modest bounds, but is successful in ways many novels are not. This book won't change your life, but it will probably enchant you. And sometimes that's precisely what makes fiction worthwhile.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society commemorates beautiful spirits who pass through our midst and hunker undercover through brutal times. Shaffer's Guernsey characters step from the past radiant with eccentricity and kindly humour, a comic version of the state of grace. They are innocents who have seen and suffered, without allowing evil to penetrate the rind of decency that guards their humanity.
You could be skeptical about the novel's improbabilities and its sanitized portrait of book clubs (doesn't anyone read trashy thrillers?), but you'd be missing the point. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a sweet, sentimental paean to books and those who love them.
As London is emerging from the shadow of World War II, writer Juliet Ashton discovers her next subject in a book club on Guernsey--a club born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi after its members are discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island.
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