The Guernsey Library and Potato Peel Pie Society is written by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.Published in 2008, the book was immensely popular and garnered all sorts of prizes and awards. The book is emotional, historical, very life-affirming, joyful, and serendipitous.I liked the plot, the fact that the story was told in a series of letters, the characters and the moments of heroism in the midst of depravity. There was so much warmth and delight in life. I loved the map (a great addition to any book). I loved, loved, loved the letters.“I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.” January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she’s never met, a native of the island of Guernsey, who has come across her name written inside a book by Charles Lamb. . . .As Juliet and her new correspondent exchange letters, Juliet is drawn into the world of this man and his friends—and what a wonderfully eccentric world it is. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society—born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi when its members were discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island—boasts a charming, funny, deeply human cast of characters, from pig farmers to phrenologists, literature lovers all.”Highly Recommended *****