A lot of very important things went on in this section of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. It starts off with Juliet arriving in Guernsey and finally getting to meet all of her friends. Almost the whole literary society came to greet her as she got off the boat. Isola was there, there was Eben and his grandson Eli, Kit, Amelia, and of course, Dawsey. They were all so happy to finally meet her, save Kit who gave her one of the evilest stares ever produced by a four year-old. Supper was held at Amelia's house, celebrating Juliet's arrival. Here everyone got to know her a little better and vice versa, and Kit even began to take a liking to Juliet.
Before this memorable night, Juliet and Markham V. Reynolds had a bit of a fight over her going to Guernsey. He is convinced that she is trying to escape from his marriage proposal to her. Juliet explains that it is a necessary trip for her work and that he wouldn't understand. Nothing he said could change her mind. It looks as though their romance is set on standstill, with Mark still awaiting answer to his proposal. Juliet feels as though this is best for her, because she does not wish to end up always being in the limelight, and never writing again.
While staying on Guernsey, Juliet lived in Elizabeth's old cottage that she stayed in during the German Occupation. Elizabeth is Kit's mother, although she has not been seen or heard from since being sent off to a concentration camp for harboring a todt worker. Everyone in the society is missing her greatly and wishing for her to return home safely. Meanwhile, Juliet continues to do research for her book. She interviews everyone within the society and then even reaches out to the other islanders. With all this great help, she still is having trouble getting her book to work. She continually writes to Sophie and Sidney asking for advice for her book, with no luck.
During this section, the people of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society receive a letter from one Remy Giraud regarding Elizabeth McKenna's whereabouts. She wrote about Elizabeth's execution at the Ravensbruck Concentration Camp in 1945. She told of Elizabeth's bravery and how she stood up for other women in Block 11 and always found away to keep Remy happy and with hope. Elizabeth told Remy about Guernsey and her literary society. The letter and the news had a huge effect on the people of Guernsey. They all cared for her so much and mourned her death, but were still happy that they knew what happened, instead of living in uncertainty.
Sidney then came to visit Guernsey, and was welcomed with the same enthusiasm as Juliet. He met everyone and made friends with all the literary society members. He was staying Isola in her house. They had late night conversations where Isola asked if Sidney and Juliet were going to get married. Sidney said that they both love each other, but there was no way they could be together. Sidney revealed that he was homosexual. This proved my prediction wrong that there was going to be some kind of romance going on between them, and that Sidney was jealous of Mark Reynolds. After returning home and looking at Juliet's notes, Sidney suggested that she base her story around Elizabeth's life. It was the perfect idea.
It seems as though the relationship between Juliet and Mark Reynolds is completely over, and a new relationship is forming between Juliet and Dawsey. Mark came to Guernsey to see Juliet, but she completely rejected him. Mark gave up and went home. Just before Mark's arrival, it looked like Juliet and Dawsey were going to kiss, but they were interrupted. Sidney and other society members have noticed the two of them looking at each other. I predict that they will fall in love and get married.
Link to xtranormal video:
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11433398/The_Guernsey_Literary_and_Potato_Peel_Society_Interview
I am glad that you are still enjoying this book, even though it has a different approach. It is nice that Juliet got to go see all of her friends. It is a shame that there is so much controversy about it, though. I hope it finishes well.
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