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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer
This book, which is composed of letters, telegraphs, and the occasional diary entry, made me wish that we all wrote more letters. Somehow, the letters in this book all have so much love and personality in them -- I suppose because people in 1946 really relied on letters to connect and converse. This really is a delightful story -- the protagonist and writer of most of the letters, Juliet Ashton, is quirky and thoughtful. Yet it also contains some serious subject matter. And like all good historical fiction, I learned a lot by reading it. It's easy to forget how challenging and transformative World War II was for all Europeans, whether their countries were occupied by the Nazis or not. I don't think I even knew that the Channel Islands between England and France were occupied by the Germans at all.
And can I say, this book has the best title! Every time I told a friend about it, they were definitely thrown by it.
And can I say, this book has the best title! Every time I told a friend about it, they were definitely thrown by it.