Travel Tuesday – And we’re off to Guernsey!

Submitted: 6th June 2018

With the popularity of the The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society film, what better time than to head off to Guernsey to see how the film and book show off the location and also the selection of other books set on this small but very interesting island!

There are some stories to be had on Guernsey that’s for sure!

The most famous of them all ?

It’s 1946. The war is over, and Juliet Ashton has writer’s block. But when she receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of Guernsey – a total stranger living halfway across the Channel, who has come across her name written in a second hand book – she enters into a correspondence with him, and in time with all the members of the extraordinary Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.

Through their letters, the society tell Juliet about life on the island, their love of books – and the long shadow cast by their time living under German occupation. Drawn into their irresistible world, Juliet sets sail for the island, changing her life forever.

Then there’s these:

BookTrail The Guernsey Retreat

A cracking series of muysteries and more with the island of Guernsey the lead character. Anne has written a series of books and each one takes on a new aspect of the island and its story. These books are a great way to visit the island for yourself and see the many facets it has. Not to mention great stories in a great setting!

Guernsey’s ragged cliffs come to the fore:

BookTrail The Devil’s Claw

A case of murder sure but also a nice guide to the island itself:

“It was like that on Guernsey. You ran into this same people all the time. There was a joke about it: something about sixty thousand people clinging to a rock. at twenty four square miles it wasn’t quite a rock, but it was not far off.”