Monthly Archives: October 2010

By paying attention to less familiar campaigns, these recent histories  throw new light on the war.  At the end of the day, tanks, planes and blitzkrieg tactics had changed little. For the foot soldier, it was a dreadful slog.  Rick … Continue reading →

[Linda Belisle reporting]  “Sunday morning I had the extreme pleasure of having brunch with Annie Barrows, the author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. She was in the area for a presentation scheduled for later that day. … Continue reading →

Two memoirs  that informed the HBO series the Pacific offer a frank and unsentimental view of the front-line soldiers experience during WWII. Helmet For My Pillow by Robert Leckie recounts the brutal action on Guadalcanal.  With the Old Breed by … Continue reading →

A discussion of GLAPPS will take take place at 12pm on Thursday, October 28 @the Meredith Public Library.

Ann Barrows, co-author of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, will hold a question and answer presentation at the Inter-Lakes High School auditorium. Participants in book discussions across the Lakes Region are welcome to submit questions in advance … Continue reading →

Just a reminder that our schedule doesn’t change with the seasons. Six days a week.  No short days.  Come see us  Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10-1, and Wednesdays, 10-6. !

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, the topic for our community read,  is a fictional account of civilians at war.  Here are three actual  accounts of life in Britain during the war years.  Nineteen Weeks by Norman Moss details … Continue reading →

Six   novels -Six countires. The WWII home front experience.    City of Thieves (2009) by  David Benioff  tells a grimly comic tale of a youth caught up in the siege of Leningrad. In Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean,  a Russian survivor is … Continue reading →

A large group came together today for the discussion of  Sarah’s Key at the Bayswater Bookstore.  Tatiana De Rosnay’s story fictionalizes the 1942 deportations of the Jews of Paris.   When journalist Julia Jarmond discovers that  the apartment she plans to … Continue reading →