Thursday, July 16, 2015

A Few Pages In

     I have just begun reading the book, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Having only just started reading, there are only a few things I know about the book so far - first of all, the book is set in post-war England, just after the end of WWII. I also know that the book is formatted in a series of letters between the characters. The characters that I know of so far are as follows:

  1. Juliet Ashton - author of Izzy Bickerstaff Goes To War. Juliet lives in London and is having trouble with her next book.
  2. Sidney Stark - Juliet's publisher. Sidney also lives in London, England.
  3. Sophie Strachan (or Mrs. Alexander Strachan) - Juliet's friend (although so far, I don't know much about her.
  4. Dawsey Adams - a complete stranger to Juliet. Dawsey sent Juliet a letter after he found her address in a book that once belonged to her, and he contacted her asking if she could locate him more works by author Charles Lamb - who he is very fond of. Dawsey lives in the island of Guernsey of the coast of England, and he mentions the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (after which the book is named). Dawsey seems like a very important character in the story, and I'm sure that we will soon know what exactly the Society is, and why it is.
     As soon as I've made more progress on the book, I will post again.

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