As part of the virtual tour, Dial Press is offering paperback copies of the book to THREE readers of She is Too Fond of Books – how cool is that?!
You can get a sneak peek at my review of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
Then, to enter the drawing, leave your answer to this question in Comments, below:
Guernsey is written in epistolary format, comprised of letters, telegrams and journal entries. Do you keep the letters you receive? What is the most meaningful letter you’ve held on to?
This post will be open for entries until midnight on Friday September 11. Remember to check the blog (or subscribe to comments on this post) to see if you’re a winner. Giveaway is open to US/Canadian mailing addresses only.
I would like to sign up for this giveaway. I have read the book, but I really would like to own it, it was so wonderful. I don’t normally keep letters, but I did keep all the correspondence from my sister when she was in China. The one that is the most important to me in that stack is the one where she officially “came out of the closet” (like I didn’t know!). It meant alot to me that the guts to do that, even if it was via letter. rnawrot at cfl dot rr dot com
I did keep almost all of my letters, when I still got letters! The most meaningful letter is one I got from my Dad when I was fit to marry my first idiot husband. He was very worried about me marrying him, but sent me a very heartfelt letter and his blessing.
I would REALLY love to win this book!!!
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I have been wanting to get my hands on this book! I do keep my letters. I have some from my grandma ,friends and sisters. But my fav is from my husband-the letters were wrote in 1983 when we were girlfriend and boyfriend. I have 1 of his letters in a picture frame on the wall. Thanks!
I can’t remember the last letter I received! Had to be in the 80′s from my now husband. I have a box of letters that he wrote to me when we were dating. Book sounds great! Thanks
I still get letters from my grandma (I need to write to her more often) and I save those. Most of the correspondence that I get otherwise is in the form of birthday or Christmas cards, and if I saved all of those and stored them in boxes I think my husband would lose patience with the clutter.
I did throw out all of the letters I had from my old boyfriends before I got married.
I keep every letter and card that i have ever received in shoe boxes. i have a special shoebox just for letters and cards that my huasband has written me during the course of our dating and married life.
other letters that are very special to me are those from my grandmother. she died when i was in high school, but before that she would write once a week, and always tape a stick of gum in the letter for me to enjoy!
Oh wow, this book has been on my Want List for some time. I’m kind of sad because I have so few letters to keep! Don’t we all just write sticky notes and e-mails and scribbles on napkins to each other these days? If I had real letters, though, I’d definitely keep them.
I do keep all of the letters I receive, though I don’t get that many anymore. Email is just so much more convenient. It is hard for me to pick one that is most important since I hold them all equal in terms of importance.
I love letters. My father passed away when I was young. However, his father had saved all their letters. It was a wonderful treasure for my brother and me!
I keep letters and cards from family and friends! Letters and notes my daughter wrote to me are extra special …. Now that it’s more challenging because she’s a teen, I read those old letters she wrote when she was younger and they make me smile and also lower my BP!
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No need to enter me, babe. I’m dropping in to say thanks for the e-mail. I’ve got this posted at Win a Book for you.
I usually keep all the letters I receive. The most important letter I ever received was actually a card from my brother, written on my 21st birthday. It was really mushy and sentimental, which is not like him at all, so that card is pretty special to me. Please enter me in this great giveaway, I would love to read this book!
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My Mom passed away in February. Going through her “stuff’ we found letters that my Dad and grandmother had written each other during WWII. The most touching was when she wrote to tell him his brother had been killed in battle and his reply. I’m so glad they were saved!
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Yes, I saved letters from my husband. I’d love to win this book!
I don’t want to sign up, I already have this book. But i just wanted to comment on how much I loved it! Everyone should have and read this book
I would love a chance to win this book – I have heard so much about it. I did hold on to a couple of letters that were written to me over the years, but my favorite has to be this –
My friend Sandy wrote me a letter several years ago when Rik and I still lived in Stamford. The envelope held a note from her, attached to an article in The New York Times, touting the praises of a cozy little town in CT called Bethel. There was some local history in the article, as well as some facts/figures/real estate information about my former hometown. The article made me cry from homesickness – and it wasn’t long after that, that Rik and I started our search for a new home in my old stomping grounds!
I don’t keep letters I receive because I don’t get many personal letters through the mail mostly all are e-mails. But I have keep Birthday or Christmas cards that receive throughout the years.
Yes I do keep all my letters because there important to me because they are usually from loved ones and I cherish the fact that they took the time to write or shared what was on there mind. The most meaningful letter I’ve received was from my dad, it ment alot to me because he opened up his heart on alot of topics that he had a hard time talking about so it helped me to understand him better. Thanks for the chance to read this.
I do keep the letters that I receive. I’m a bit of a pack rat – I keep a lot of “memorable items” like ticket stubs too. One of my most meaningful letters (it’s actually more like a collection of letters) are the letters that my boyfriend wrote to me when he was away at school in Arizona. With modern technology he didn’t need to write letters, but he knew that I loved receiving them so he would send them. They are very near and dear to my heart and I can never imagine letting them go.
I’ve kept the letter my mother wrote to me 40 years ago after learning that I was expecting my last child. It’s very special. And although I don’t normally keep letters, thankfully my MIL kept many of the letters I wrote to her when my children were young. Having them now is like having an old home movie.
Signing up for the giveaway! I do hold onto letters, usually everyone that I receive because I don’t get many, and I’m a New Englander so an automatic pack rat. The most meaningful would be a card I got from a teacher after my high school graduation telling me I could do anything I put my mind to. It was very special.
I don’t receive too many letters any more due to email. However I still receive cards from a girl in Ireland, I became friends with one summer. Back in 1992 we waited tables together and became friends. We still correspond from time to time. If I ever get to Dublin, I know we would hang out.
I don’t keep the letters that I receive, but I hang on to cards from special occasions. Also, you can have fun with cards if you if you need funny, cute pictures — a little bit of ‘scrapbooking’ fun or a scavenger hunt
I used to keep all my letters but, sadly, I finally threw them all out. I regret it now because they would be great to read now.
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It’s sad that no one actually writes letters anymore. I keep all cards from my grandmothers (both in their nineties) and I have all of the letters my husband wrote me during our summer apart while we were engaged.
Thanks for sharing!
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I’ve only received one letter that I can remember. My grandmother gave it to me on my 16th birthday, which was this past year. I couldn’t read a lot of her handwriting, but it means a lot to me just the same. I keep EVERYTHING. Not literally, but close enough! I have a box filled with every card I’ve ever received, even from when I was an infant. I have this thing where I never want to forget anything in my life. I want to remember all the details and the emotions. I even keep meaningful text messages, if you can believe that! When my boyfriend leaves for the Navy, he says he’ll write me everyday. I’ll definitely keep all of those letters. Maybe even frame ‘em!! Just kidding
I have read this book, but I’d love to have my own copy. I have kept letters from my parents when I was on work assignment, and also from my husband before we were married. They are very special to me.
I generally don’t keep letters. I have a few classic letters from my childhood – from siblings etc, but that’s it. I’m an anti-clutter person! Some day I may regret it…
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My husband was sent overseas with the military 4 months after we were married. This was in 1996, and our main communication was letters. I still have the letters we exchanged during that year.
The only letters I have kept were ones that my husband sent me when we were dating. The kids get a kick out of reading them now. They didn’t realize their dad was that romantic at the age of 17!
I do keep the letters I am sent, depending on who they are from. The most meaningful letters in my possesion are between my grandparents during WW2.
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My Dad passed away when I was young and I still keep his letters.
I had a habit of saving letters in my earlier years. Letter writing is becoming such a lost art in this age.
The letters that I kept were special ones from a boy friend. I had just been divorced and I met this man who was in the Navy. He sent me many letters while he was out on maneuvers. I kept those letters even after we had broke up just because it was a very important part of earlier life.
I have some letters from my Grandma A. who died many years ago— I like having them because they tell about the little day to day things that were going on in her life……
I have all of the letters I have received over the years. The one that is the most special to me is a letter my son’s dad wrote not long after I had our son.
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I’ve been wanting to read this book for awhile now. The epistolary format is a nice change of pace. I personally don’t get many letters, although I did have a penpal throughout my school years that lives in England. We still keep in touch and she even came to the states to visit me a few years back.
I keep all the letters I get because now mostly everyone does email or picks up the phone. When my kids were in school we wrote notes back and forth and left them on the dining room table so they would know where I went and the same when they would leave to go somewhere-everyone was always on the go – now I have those notes in a scrapbook and I love looking at them – I’m sure they’ll become more precious as time goes on.
I keep some letters if they’re important to me, emails as well. My most treasured email is from one of my favorite author’s before her books became bestsellers.
I have kept letters from my ‘pen pals’ when we were in grade school. I love the handwritten message.
I’ve kept all the letters I received from overseas relatives, including all my grandparents. They meant a lot to me, growing up so far away from most relatives on both sides of the family.
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I do keep letters and cards – I have some from my graduation that were really sweet.
I do keep all letters and cards, my most special are the ones i recieved from my grandmother that has passed.
Yes I do keep all my letters and cards too. I guess the one that means the most to me is one my grandmother wrote to me many years ago. She passed away about 10 years ago)She wrote to me how special I was and that my grandfather so adored me. He had been dead for many years. Anytime I read it it tears me up.
i do keep all my letters ,thou i don’t get many..but i do keep all of my cards i recieve..the ones that mean the most are the ones that are i recieved while pregnant with my daughther..thanks
Congrats to the winners of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society! Drawn randomly from 47 entrants, they are:
* # 10 etirv – I keep letters and cards from family and friends! Letters and notes my daughter wrote to me are extra special …. Now that it’s more challenging because she’s a teen, I read those old letters she wrote when she was younger and they make me smile and also lower my BP!
* # 32 Beth – The only letters I have kept were ones that my husband sent me when we were dating. The kids get a kick out of reading them now. They didn’t realize their dad was that romantic at the age of 17!
* #40 BevE – I keep all the letters I get because now mostly everyone does email or picks up the phone. When my kids were in school we wrote notes back and forth and left them on the dining room table so they would know where I went and the same when they would leave to go somewhere-everyone was always on the go – now I have those notes in a scrapbook and I love looking at them – I’m sure they’ll become more precious as time goes on.
Winners, you have until midnight EST on Wednesday September 16 to email your US/Canada mailing address to me, at which time I’ll pass them along to the publisher who is providing the books … or I’ll draw one round of replacement names.
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