Mary Ann Shaffer
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
In 1946, as London emerges from the shadow of World War II, author Juliet Ashton is having a terrible time finding inspiration for her next book. Then she receives a letter from Guernsey Island, and learns of a unique book club formed on the spur of the moment as an alibi to protect its members from arrest by the occupying Germans during the war. Captivated, she sets sail for Guernsey, and what she finds there will change her life forever.
Author
Language
Deutsch
Description
London in den späten vierziger Jahren: Die temperamentvolle junge Schriftstellerin Juliet erhält eines Tages einen erstaunlichen Brief. Absender ist Dawsey Adams, ein Bauer von der Kanalinsel Guernsey. Er hat antiquarisch ein Buch erworben, das zuvor ihr gehörte. Zwischen der Literatin und dem Bauern entspinnt sich ein Briefwechsel, durch den Juliet von der Existenz eines literarischen Clubs erfährt, den die Inselbewohner gründeten, um sich über...
Author
Series
Publisher
Salamandra
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
1a edición.
Physical Desc
298 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
Español
Description
En un Londres devastado por las bombas y que empieza a recuperarse de las terribles heridas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Juliet Ashton, una joven escritora en busca de inspiración novelsca, recibe la carta de un desconocido llamado Dawsey Adams. El hombre, que vive en la isla de Guernsey, un pequeno enclave en el canal de la Mancha, está leyendo un libro de Charles Lamb que había pertenecido con anterioridad a Juliet. ¿Cómo ha llegado ese ejemplar...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
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“I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.” January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she’s never met, a native of...
“I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.” January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she’s never met, a native of...