The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

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Rating (1-5) 📘📘
Genre - Historical Fiction, World War II, Contemporary Fiction
Format - Hardcover
Length - 290 pages

*Amazon Blurb*

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.

Juliet begins a remarkable correspondence with the society’s members, learning about their island, their taste in books, and the impact the recent German occupation has had on their lives. Captivated by their stories, she sets sail for Guernsey, and what she finds will change her forever.

Written with warmth and humor as a series of letters, this novel is a celebration of the written word in all its guises and of finding connection in the most surprising ways.


*My Review* 

This book was selected as the November book for my book club at my local library. I am not a big historical fiction reader, but the point of being in a book club is to broaden your horizons a little by reading things you normally wouldn't, right? I couldn't really get into this book at all. The characters all seemed well thought out, but the story didn't seem to have any high or even low points. It all just kind of went along the same flow the entire time. I know that there are many people who have read this book and loved it. I just wasn't one of them.

Letters were sent back and forth between residents on an island and a writer. She is interested in what happened to them during the war and they were happy to tell their story. Letter back and forth. Recollections of what happened and how their book club was created. Nothing exciting happened and then the book ended.