I've been re-reading Mary Ann Shaffer's The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, and I think I've enjoyed it even more the second time around. It was a highlight of last summer's books, and it might not have stood up to being revisited within a twelvemonth, but it has!
Here are last year's thoughts on it, and I quoted a few good lines the other day. Interestingly, the book's heroine Juliet Ashton became famous for her "Izzy Bickerstaff goes to War" columns in The Spectator, and I wonder if - in the writer's mind - they bore any similarity to Henrietta's letters in The Sketch?
What else to say other than to recommend it most highly to anyone who has yet to read it: you are in for a real treat!
The power of the bookish blog...After reading this book I passed it on to one of my colleagues. She just returned from a trip to England and reported that she spent a day on on Guernsey as a result of reading the book. If I had not read such positive reviews of the book , I may never have picked it up myself. And so it goes...
My copy of Henrietta`s War arrived yesterday. It has been elevated to the top of my TBR pile.
Posted by: Lisa W | 03 July 2009 at 11:16 AM
I listened to the audio book version of this and it was the best audio book I have ever listened to. The fact it is written as a series of letters makes it perfect for audio.
If you haven't read it yet then I recommed trying to find a copy to listen to.
Posted by: Jackie (Farm Lane Books) | 03 July 2009 at 11:21 AM