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""I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers." "January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her[...]

It's 1946. Juliet Ashton, a 32-year-old writer, has found a certain recognition through her light-hearted column for the Spectator which lifted the spirits of her readers during WW2, but she can't think what to write next. But then Dawsey Adams writes to her from Guernsey - by chance he's acquired a[...]

January 1946: writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name.[...]

Et tyskokkupert Guernsey danner bakteppet for handlingen i denne gripende og hjertevarme brevromanen.

"Egentlig er dette en roman som virkelig bør nytes, men jeg slukte den i ett eneste stort jafs - jeg skulle gjerne sett den som greier å legge denne fra seg." Forfatter Marie Phillips

Lontoo 1946. Kirjailijatar Juliet Ashton on etsimässä aihetta seuraavalle teokselleen, kun hän saa kirjeen tuntemattomalta mieheltä Guernseyn Kanaalisaarelta. Dawsey Adams on saanut käsiinsä kirjan, jonka sisäkanteen on kirjoitettu Julietin nimi. Hän kertoo kuuluvansa kirjalliseen piiriin, j[...]