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Book Review of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
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Just marvelous. "A jewel...Poignant and keenly observed. Guernsey is a small masterpiece about love, war, and the unmeasurable sustenance to be found in good books and good friends."...People

"A sparkling epistolary novel radiating wit, lightly worn condition and written with great assurance and aplomb."...The Sunday Times, London.

"A book-lover's delight. An implicit and sometimes explicit paean to all things literary."--Chicago Sun-Times

"I can't remember the last time I discovered a novel as smart and delightful as this one, a world so vivid that I kept forgetting this was a work of fiction populated with characters so utterly wonderful that I kept forgetting they weren't my actual friends and neighbors. Treat yourself to this book, please. I can't recommend it highly enough."---Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love.

NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME AND USA TODAY.

SELECTED AS ONE OF THE BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR BY GOOD MORNING AMERICA-THE EARLY SHOW-THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD-THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR-SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICAL-PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE-RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH-LIBRARY JOURNAL-THE MIAMI HERALD-NEW ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE

I just loved this book. All I can say is READ IT! You will get caught up in it and be sad to see it end. The first thing I thought when I finished it (in one day, staying up until the middle of the night), was how soon could I read it again?