What a Great Book!

I just have to tell you about the latest book I've finished. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society was a most delightful novel as well as a great history lesson. You see, I slept through all my history and geography classes, so I'm illiterate when it comes to those subjects. In my adult years I have realized how clueless I am and finally find joy in learning what I should know already. So when I get to mix the entertainment of a novel with a little history, it really makes me feel like I've accomplished something exciting.

The book's format was a major part of my enjoyment too. It is written in a series of letters back and forth between the characters. It takes a while to follow who is writing to whom but these letters provided nice short "chapters" which works well with my schedule and how I slip reading in when and where I can.

The book is set in London and Guernsey (a British island) once occupied by the Nazis. The story begins as they are emerging from WWII and the main character is a writer searching for new material. Although the stories and letters are fictional the author explains the detail research she put into getting the them as real as possible.

Never mind the title, just go get the book at your library and enjoy as I did. You will very quickly understand and appreciate how the title could not have been anything else.

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