The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Marry Ann Shaffer and Annie BarrowsGenre: Historical Fiction
Pages: 184 (Ereader)
Excerpt:
Dear Sophie,
Of course I'd adore to see you, but I am a soul-less, will-less automation. I have been ordered by Sidney to Bath, Colchester, Leeds, and several other garden spots I can't recall at the moment, and I can't just slither off to Scotland instead. Sidney's brow would lower--his eyes would narrow--he would stalk. You know how nerve-racking it is when Sidney stalks.
I wish I could sneak away to your farm and have you coddle me. You'd let me put my feet on the sofa, wouldn't you? And you'd tuck blankets around me and bring me tea. Would Alexander mind a permanent resident on his sofa? You've told me he is a patient man, but perhaps he would find it annoying.
Why am I so melancholy? I should be delighted at the prospect of reading Izzy to an entranced audience. You know how I love talking about books, and you know how I adore receiving compliments. I should be so thrilled. But the truth is that I'm gloomy--gloomier than I ever was during the war. Everything is so broken, Sophie: the roads, the buildings, the people. Especially the people.
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