The Resource The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
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The item The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in LaGrange County Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in LaGrange County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
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- Summary
- Juliet Ashton, a thirty-year-old author, writes to her publisher expressing her desire to stop covering the aftermath of WWII, but Guernsey farmer Dawsey Adams invites neighbors to write to Juliet with their stories, which puts her off at first but eventually helps her find inspiration for her next book, and her life
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
- Title
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
- Statement of responsibility
- Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
- Subject
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- trueWorld War II
- Channel Islands -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction
- Women authors -- Fiction
- trueLetter writing
- trueHistorical fiction
- Channel Islands -- History -- Fiction
- trueGuernsey (Channel Islands)
- trueSecond World War era (1939-1945) -- 1939 -- 1945
- trueEpistolary novels
- London (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueInterpersonal relations
- London (England) -- History -- Fiction
- trueIsland life
- Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- Fiction
- trueLetters
- trueWomen authors
- trueBook clubs
- England -- Fiction
- trueGentle reads
- England -- Fiction
- Women authors -- Fiction
- Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- Fiction
- trueEngland -- History -- 20th century
- Epistolary fiction
- trueMultiple perspectives
- Epistolary fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- trueMemories
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Juliet Ashton, a thirty-year-old author, writes to her publisher expressing her desire to stop covering the aftermath of WWII, but Guernsey farmer Dawsey Adams invites neighbors to write to Juliet with their stories, which puts her off at first but eventually helps her find inspiration for her next book, and her life
- Summary
- In 1946, writer Juliet Ashton finds inspiration for her next book in her correspondence with a native of Guernsey, who tells her about the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a book club born as an alibi during German occupation
- Award
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- Indies' Choice Book Awards, Best Indie Buzz Book, 2009.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2008.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 265519
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Citation source
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- Library Journal Starred
- Publisher's Weekly
- Booklist
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Shaffer, Mary Ann
- Dewey number
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- 813/.6
- [Fic]
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
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- Adult
- Adult
- Intended audience source
- Follett Library Resources
- LC call number
- PS3619.H3365
- LC item number
- G84 2008
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Barrows, Annie
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women authors
- Book clubs (Discussion groups)
- London (England)
- Channel Islands
- England
- Women authors
- Book clubs (Discussion groups)
- London (England)
- Channel Islands
- England
- Epistolary fiction
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
- Note
- Maps on endpapers
- Control code
- 21410192
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 277 p.
- Isbn
- 9780385340991
- Isbn Type
- (trade)
- Lccn
- 2007047869
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
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- (rplri)44238
- (IMchF)fol11919478
- Label
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
- Note
- Maps on endpapers
- Control code
- 21410192
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 277 p.
- Isbn
- 9780385340991
- Isbn Type
- (trade)
- Lccn
- 2007047869
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
-
- (rplri)44238
- (IMchF)fol11919478
Subject
- trueBook clubs
- Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- Fiction
- Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- Fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- Channel Islands -- History -- Fiction
- Channel Islands -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction
- England -- Fiction
- England -- Fiction
- trueEngland -- History -- 20th century
- Epistolary fiction
- Epistolary fiction
- trueEpistolary novels
- trueGentle reads
- trueGuernsey (Channel Islands)
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueInterpersonal relations
- trueIsland life
- trueLetter writing
- trueLetters
- London (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- London (England) -- History -- Fiction
- trueMemories
- trueMultiple perspectives
- trueSecond World War era (1939-1945) -- 1939 -- 1945
- trueWomen authors
- Women authors -- Fiction
- Women authors -- Fiction
- trueWorld War II
Genre
- trueBooks to movies
- Epistolary fiction
- trueEpistolary novels
- Fiction
- trueGentle reads
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueMultiple perspectives
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