here's what i wrote on a friend's FB wall:
you were right!!! why, oh WHY didn't i listen to you???
"do you have this book?" "yup, here you go." 20 YEARS OF THIS!!!!! and why did that woman go to south africa and australia?? and what happened to the woman whose hub was in the RAF?? someone thought this was worth publishing?!?! and it's a "CLASSIC"?!?! well, no accounting for some people's tastes, i guess.
sigh. i liked guernsey better. although i did notice helene's tendency to write in lower case, with the occasional word in caps... that pleased me, for some reason. ;)
and the fact that it was a true story was actually disappointing to me. if i want to read non-fiction, i have a house full that i could read!! honestly, i thought i would like this more. i was all set to enjoy a nice little book of letters. but really, there's no story. i liked helene, the woman. she writes in lower case, rarely capitalizing anything. i appreciate that. and her sense of humour and writing style is quite similar to mine. so i really, truly, well nigh DESPERATELY wanted to enjoy this book. but i didn't. 'nuff said.
