Before reading this, I didn’t realize that part of Great Britain was occupied by the Germans during World War II. Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, was occupied, creating great hardships for everyone living there. No one could come in and no one could get out. The people of this small island were completely isolated.
After the war, writer Juliet Ashton receives several letters from inhabitants of Guernsey. In these letters there is mentioned the literary society that the people of Guernsey created to avoid conflict with the Germans.
With a charming cast of characters, this epistolary novel is great. I love books written in letter form in general, but I loved this one. I loved it almost as much as Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith. And if you know me, that’s saying something. The only disappointment is that there won’t be another novel from Shaffer. This novel was published after her death by her niece Annie Barrow.
After the war, writer Juliet Ashton receives several letters from inhabitants of Guernsey. In these letters there is mentioned the literary society that the people of Guernsey created to avoid conflict with the Germans.
With a charming cast of characters, this epistolary novel is great. I love books written in letter form in general, but I loved this one. I loved it almost as much as Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith. And if you know me, that’s saying something. The only disappointment is that there won’t be another novel from Shaffer. This novel was published after her death by her niece Annie Barrow.