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 enlarge | Authors: Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
Publisher: The Dial Press
Category: Book
List Price: $22.00
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Rating:  301 reviews
Sales Rank: 40
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.8 x 1
ISBN: 0385340990
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780385340991
ASIN: 0385340990
Publication Date: July 29, 2008
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Condition: LARGE PRINT Book club edition: ISBN 978-0-7394-9752-4. In perfect condition!
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 If you like epistolary novels you'll love this one November 18, 2008
Fuat C. Baran (New York, NY USA)
I loved this book. What more can I add to the hundreds of 5-star reviews already here? Co-author Annie Barrows eloquently summarizes the book in her video interview. A charming, warming book, with a hint of humor, even if it describes some of the atrocities of World War II and the German occupation of Guernsey.
Love, love, love this book! November 17, 2008
Lynne Osborn (San Diego, California USA)
What a wonderful treat! To read a book about such a serious subject (post World War II London and Guernsey) and finish the book with a big smile on my face. The authors pulled off quite a feat - educating readers about the Nazi Occupation in the Channel Islands with all of its horrors, yet creating such a delightful group of characters who make the reader want to jump on the next plane to Guernsey, knowing he or she would be greeted with a big hug and welcomed into their literary society and their lives. It is just so refreshing to read a feel good book when it is becoming harder and harder to find one amidst all of the dark and depressing bestsellers recommended by so many reviewers. (not that many of them aren't worthwhile- I'd just like more of a balance!) Don't miss this one- a quick read, but oh SO satisfying.
 light sweet read November 17, 2008
Mary Hassell (Mechanicsburg, PA)
Read this book in my book club as an alternate read. I was an enjoyable look at a small microcosm affected by WWII. The personalities shone through . A good holiday read.
Cynical Free November 16, 2008
N. Edwards (NC, USA)
I enjoyed this book for its warmth, humor and readability. I would highly recommend it.
 Pretty predictable November 15, 2008
J. Mckelvin (Birmingham AL)
Not bad, but nothing really memorable either. Very predictable plot points -- most seen coming from a mile away. Interesting more for the factual information learned about the history of the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.
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