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Anyone read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society? A delightful book about an enchanted island recovering from a dreadful invasion. The setting is real, and the story might have been.

I love Guernsey. One of the Channel Islands beside Jersey, between England and France. I've visited twice now, and each time been charmed. The delightful Jenny Kendall-Tobias, whom I first heard on internet radio when she interviewed British BookCrosser Netstation some years ago, is returning to broadcasting in a couple of hours time at 1000 Sunday, London time. She took a couple of years off to have a baby, and confesses to me that she is terrified about the show. I've told her that it's easy to talk to people you love about a place you love, and she'll do just fine.

Her Sunday Phone-in show will give a unique insight into the flavour of life on the island, where the laws are written in Guernsey French and the head of state is the Duke of Normandy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guernsey/local_radio/ is the address to tune in on the internet. I'll be listening, with love in my ears, and as soon as you hear the bright tones of a tall blonde with a smile in her voice, you'll understand why.

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