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Eli is Eben's grandson. He's twelve years old and loves carving animals out of wood. His mother, Jane, died right after Eli evacuated Guernsey, and his father died fighting in North Africa. Because of this, Eli lives with Eben. Eli is bright, kind, and loves spending time with Kit. He practices carving wood whenever he can. Eben resents that he missed so much of Eli's childhood, as Eli was in England for five years. Prior to evacuating, Eli was very close to Elizabeth. She sent him to England with her father's medal from World War One, which he later passes onto Kit.
Eli Quotes in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society quotes below are all either spoken by Eli or refer to Eli. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 1: 22 Apr, 1946
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There was an old canvas bathing shoe left lying right in the middle of the path. Eli walked around it, staring. Finally, he said, "That shoe is all alone, Grandpa." I answered that yes it was. He looked at it some more, and then we walked on by. After a bit, he said, "Grandpa, that's something I never am." I asked him, "What's that?" And he said, "Lonesome in my spirits."
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Eli Quotes in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society quotes below are all either spoken by Eli or refer to Eli. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 1: 22 Apr, 1946
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There was an old canvas bathing shoe left lying right in the middle of the path. Eli walked around it, staring. Finally, he said, "That shoe is all alone, Grandpa." I answered that yes it was. He looked at it some more, and then we walked on by. After a bit, he said, "Grandpa, that's something I never am." I asked him, "What's that?" And he said, "Lonesome in my spirits."
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