Book Group Reads The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society September 23, 2009

The Tigard Library Evening Book Group invites readers to discuss The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society on Wednesday, September 23, at 7 p.m.Written by the aunt-niece team of Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, the charming novel begins in London in 1946.

Writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a farmer who was a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. So begins a remarkable tale of Guernsey during the German occupation and its eccentric characters who escaped into books to escape the terrible reality outside their doors. 

The evening book group meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Grace Tigard Houghton Room on the second floor of the Library. New members are always welcome. The Tigard Public Library is located at 13500 S.W. Hall Blvd. For information about Library book groups and other activities, visit the Library's Web site at http://www.tigard-or.gov/library and click on Adult Programs or call 503-684-6537.

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