https://padlet.com/zieringolivia/kvrt44fcmr1q2a8y Topic Summary en-us 2020-06-23 03:07:29 UTC 2026-02-20 07:45:54 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4d6.png zieringolivia https://padlet.com/zieringolivia/kvrt44fcmr1q2a8y/wish/636898934 It's post WWII Europe, 1946. Main character, Juliet Ashton, is not satisfied with London life and wishes to write about more serious matters and under her own name. Flies to Guernsey upon invitation, seeking out material for her Times supplement in writing about these islanders WWII experiences.]]> 2020-06-23 03:11:51 UTC https://padlet.com/zieringolivia/kvrt44fcmr1q2a8y/wish/636898934 zieringolivia https://padlet.com/zieringolivia/kvrt44fcmr1q2a8y/wish/636905379 We learn about Elizabeth McKenna having created the book club secret society and her daughter, Kit. We also learn of the Germans' arrival on Guernsey in June 1940. We learn of the strict curfew and scarce food supply during that time. ]]> 2020-06-23 03:21:26 UTC https://padlet.com/zieringolivia/kvrt44fcmr1q2a8y/wish/636905379 zieringolivia https://padlet.com/zieringolivia/kvrt44fcmr1q2a8y/wish/636908759 Juliet continues to receive more personal stories and gossip about the islanders for her article. They treat one another as family. We learn more of the horrors of war.]]> 2020-06-23 03:27:05 UTC https://padlet.com/zieringolivia/kvrt44fcmr1q2a8y/wish/636908759 zieringolivia https://padlet.com/zieringolivia/kvrt44fcmr1q2a8y/wish/636911464 We learn of two of the islanders having a relationship with a German captain during the war. One of these relationships was between the captain and Elizabeth in which they had Kit, their child. We learn more about the occupation history. Thousands died on the island that year because of Himmler's Death by Exhaustion plan. We also learn of the Guernsey evacuation of children to England. ]]> 2020-06-23 03:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/zieringolivia/kvrt44fcmr1q2a8y/wish/636911464 zieringolivia https://padlet.com/zieringolivia/kvrt44fcmr1q2a8y/wish/636914689 The islanders receive a letter stating that Elizabeth was executed at Ravensbruck Concentration Camp in 1945. We learn of her time there.]]> 2020-06-23 03:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/zieringolivia/kvrt44fcmr1q2a8y/wish/636914689 zieringolivia https://padlet.com/zieringolivia/kvrt44fcmr1q2a8y/wish/636916854 Juliet decides she should make Elizabeth the core of her book.]]> 2020-06-23 03:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/zieringolivia/kvrt44fcmr1q2a8y/wish/636916854 zieringolivia https://padlet.com/zieringolivia/kvrt44fcmr1q2a8y/wish/636918215 Oscar Wilde letters are discovered, written to Isola's grandmother and we learn about how they came about. Lots of money for Juliet's publishing house.]]> 2020-06-23 03:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/zieringolivia/kvrt44fcmr1q2a8y/wish/636918215 zieringolivia https://padlet.com/zieringolivia/kvrt44fcmr1q2a8y/wish/636920313 Juliet and Dawsey get married and Juliet adopts Kit. Juliet publishes her novel.]]> 2020-06-23 03:47:10 UTC https://padlet.com/zieringolivia/kvrt44fcmr1q2a8y/wish/636920313