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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Mary Ann Shaffer
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historical fiction post-war drama past tense first POV ~298 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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melancholic lyrical earnest

A historical fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Plot-driven. Contains notable violence, romance, humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 60
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 70
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 20%
noneexplicit
Humor 70%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count74,412
Page count~298 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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