Book Review: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

This story is told through a series of letters between many different characters. The main character is a woman named Juliet that lives in London and is a writer. She is known for her weekly column that she wrote during WW2. She ends up receiving a letter from a man that lives on Guernsey Island. He bought a used book she once owned and had inscribed her information into the cover. He inquires about getting more information on that author and through telling a bit about himself she learns he is apart of a group called The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.

The name alone sparks her interest in the group and she eventually ends up becoming good friends with multiple people in the society, writes a long essay that includes information on them and eventually turns into a book. She travels to Guernsey and falls in love with the island and the people she’s been writing to for months.

I thought this was a great book that included a lot of information on that time period and wound a little romance into the story. It’s an easy read and very entertaining. You will enjoy it a lot if you are an avid reader because the main thing that all the characters have in common is a passion for reading and books.