The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer 2008
- What it is
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Told in letters, diaries or messages · funny and sad at once
- Genre
- Historical fiction Literary Humor
- Feels
- Bittersweet Funny Tender Hopeful
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