THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
(The Dial Press)
What fun! Humorous, affectionate, and downright delicious for booklovers, this sweetheart has me utterly flummoxed for a plot summary. See, there's this little British island, and this author, and a society full of unlikely readers, and they all get happily tangled up together as they try to re-anchor themselves in the year following World War II. Oh, and it's all told in letters, which is a tad confusing before you've gotten to know everyone, but hang in there -- you'll want to hug it by the time you finish.
Look, there's even a tasty little audio excerpt here:
Thanks to Sarah Rettger for the recommendation!
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