Nancy D. Brown is a lover of all things related to travel. With What A Trip, she has combined her passion for travel with her professional writing career. 
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society Tour
The Dial Press
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
By Mary Ann Shaffer
and Annie Barrows
Hardcover, 288 pages
List Price: $22.00
By Mary Ann Shaffer
and Annie Barrows
Hardcover, 288 pages
List Price: $22.00
28th February, 1946
Dear Miss Ashton,
I am a Guernsey man and my name is Eben Ramsey. My fathers before me were tombstone-cutters and carvers- lambs a specialty. These are the things I like to do of an evening, but for my livelihood, I fish.
Eben is a member of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and writes to Juliet, along with home-made potion creator Isola, Will Thisbee, baker of the famous potato peel pie and Dawsey Adams who has acquired a book Juliet once owned. A mutual love of books begins a correspondence of letters between Juliet and members of the society. It is through these letters that secrets unfold during the German occupation of Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
As a travel writer, I asked co-author Annie Barrows about the setting of the story. She had recently visited Guernsey and described it as "Mendocino, with its jagged cliffs and rocky shores, yet with a green lushness." When asked if she thought the residents of Guernsey would be prepared for the on-slaught of publicity their small town was about to receive, she laughed and said the librarian and historical society members might have an inkling.
Depending on the book's popularity, perhaps I should consider setting up a tour group to Guernsey? Has anyone been to the Channel Islands?
Excerpted from The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Copyright © 2008 by Mary Ann Shaffer.
Nancy, love the Tim Cahill story and thanks for checking out my blog post on Examiner.com.