Hi all, Shauna here to tell you about the Book Club for June.  We’ve selected a wonderful book, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. I thought you might be interested in some of the books reviews.

The Washington Post – Wendy Smith
Though it deals with a dark period in history, this first novel is an essentially sunny work. It affirms the power of books to nourish people enduring hard times—not so surprising, since Mary Ann Shaffer, who died earlier this year, had a long career as a librarian, bookseller and editor. Her niece Annie Barrows, a children’s author, finished the manuscript after Shaffer fell ill; between them, they crafted a vivid epistolary novel whose characters spring to life in letters and telegrams exchanged over the course of nine months shortly after the end of World War II…You could be skeptical about the novel’s improbabilities and its sanitized portrait of book clubs (doesn’t anyone read trashy thrillers?), but you’d be missing the point. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a sweet, sentimental paean to books and those who love them.

Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
I can’t remember the last time I discovered a novel as smart and delightful as this one, a world so vivid that I kept forgetting this was a work of fiction populated with characters so utterly wonderful that I kept forgetting they weren’t my actual friends and neighbors. Treat yourself to this book please — I can’t recommend it highly enough. 

Sarah Addison Allen, author of Garden Spells
Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows have written a wondrous, delightful, poignant book — part Jane Austen, part history lesson . An absolute treasure. 

If you’ve not been to a book club before don’t worry about it, this group of ladies are laid back and a little wacky (ok maybe I’m the only wacky one).  We enjoy reading and chatting, can’t get any simplier or fun.  The details about the next meeting are on the flier below.  I hope to see you there!

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