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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Caribousmom)

July 31st, 2008 | 07/2008, Caribousmom, Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society, Historical Fiction | No Comments

Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books. -From Isola Pribby to Juliet, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society-
Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows’ first novel will certainly ruin you ‘for enjoying bad books.’ Set on the island of Guernsey (in the Channel Islands) in the months following the Second World […]

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