Monday 3 September 2018

The Guernsey Literary, and Potato Peel Pie Society

Shaffer, M.A. and Barrows, A. (2008). The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

Dr Anne was in hospital again.  Two weeks after face surgery it was time have her gallbladder removed.  The gallbladder was quite diseased and had multiple large gall stones.  Ouch...  She recuperated reading this gentle book about a group of residents in Guernsey who had 'survived' the German occupation and Juliet,  a column writer in London who looking for inspiration to write a new book.  A letter from Dawsey in Guernsey to her about the diarist Charles Lamb sparked off a communication that would change Juliet's life forever.

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