The Resource The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows, (book on CD)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows, (book on CD)
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The item The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows, (book on CD) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- As London is emerging from the shadow of World War II, writer Juliet Ashton discovers her next subject in a book club on Guernsey--a club born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi after its members are discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 7 audio discs (86 hr.)
- Note
- Compact discs
- Isbn
- 9780739368435
- Label
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
- Title
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
- Statement of responsibility
- Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
- Subject
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- trueHistorical fiction
- trueWorld War II
- trueLetter writing
- trueHistorical fiction
- Single women
- Voyages and travels -- Fiction
- trueGuernsey (Channel Islands)
- trueSecond World War era (1939-1945) -- 1939 -- 1945
- 1900-1999
- trueEpistolary novels
- London (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Voyages and travels
- History
- trueInterpersonal relations
- Single women -- Fiction
- trueIsland life
- trueLetters
- England -- London
- Islands
- trueWomen authors
- trueBook clubs
- trueGentle reads
- Book clubs (Discussion groups)
- Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- Fiction
- England -- Fiction
- trueEngland -- History -- 20th century
- Women authors
- Action and adventure fiction
- Audiobooks
- Epistolary fiction
- Fiction
- England
- Islands -- Fiction
- trueMultiple perspectives
- Women authors -- Fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- trueMemories
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- As London is emerging from the shadow of World War II, writer Juliet Ashton discovers her next subject in a book club on Guernsey--a club born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi after its members are discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island
- Summary
- In 1946, writer Juliet Ashton finds inspiration for her next book in her correspondence with a native of Guernsey, who tells her about the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a book club born as an alibi during German occupation
- Award
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- Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Adults
- Library Journal Best Audio: Fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10022457
- Cataloging source
- SHM
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Shaffer, Mary Ann
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- Literary text for sound recordings
- other
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Read by Paul Boehmer, Susan Duerden, Rosalyn Landor, John Lee, and Juliet Mills
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Barrows, Annie
- Boehmer, Paul
- Duerden, Susan
- Landor, Rosalyn
- Lee, John
- Mills, Juliet
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women authors
- Book clubs (Discussion groups)
- London (England)
- England
- Single women
- Islands
- Voyages and travels
- Book clubs (Discussion groups)
- Islands
- Single women
- Voyages and travels
- Women authors
- England
- England
- Target audience
- adult
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows, (book on CD)
- Note
- Compact discs
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn972709021
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Extent
- 7 audio discs (86 hr.)
- Isbn
- 9780739368435
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- s
- Other physical details
- digital
- System control number
- (OCoLC)972709021
- Label
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows, (book on CD)
- Note
- Compact discs
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn972709021
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Extent
- 7 audio discs (86 hr.)
- Isbn
- 9780739368435
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- s
- Other physical details
- digital
- System control number
- (OCoLC)972709021
Subject
- 1900-1999
- Action and adventure fiction
- Audiobooks
- trueBook clubs
- Book clubs (Discussion groups)
- Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- Fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- England
- England -- Fiction
- trueEngland -- History -- 20th century
- England -- London
- Epistolary fiction
- trueEpistolary novels
- Fiction
- trueGentle reads
- trueGuernsey (Channel Islands)
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- History
- trueInterpersonal relations
- trueIsland life
- Islands
- Islands -- Fiction
- trueLetter writing
- trueLetters
- London (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueMemories
- trueMultiple perspectives
- trueSecond World War era (1939-1945) -- 1939 -- 1945
- Single women
- Single women -- Fiction
- Voyages and travels
- Voyages and travels -- Fiction
- trueWomen authors
- Women authors
- Women authors -- Fiction
- trueWorld War II
Genre
- Action and adventure fiction
- Audiobooks
- trueBooks to movies
- Epistolary fiction
- trueEpistolary novels
- Fiction
- trueGentle reads
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistory
- trueMultiple perspectives
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