The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

In postwar London, a young writer, Juliet, tries to find a plot for her new book, but she absolutely doesn’t want to write about the horrors of war—and other topics seem either boring or inappropriate. Help comes by chance—in the form of a letter from a pig farmer from the island of Guernsey. It turns out that even pig farmers like to read, and the unknown Dawsey, who has come into his hands a book once belonging to Juliet, asks for recommendations for a good bookshop. Books are scarce on Guernsey now because the island had been occupied by the Germans throughout the war years. And so correspondence begins— or, more precisely, a novel in letters between Juliet and the islanders. The story of a book club that served as a cover for forbidden meetings of villagers captivates and draws her in. A story that started out as a plot for a new book soon becomes her own story… This sad and funny novel is about wartime—but it is full of sun, light, and joy. Yet who said that death and horror must always come first? Sometimes even they step aside for humor and optimism. The novel includes a wonderful line that fully applies to it itself: “Good books completely spoil your appetite for bad ones.” “The Book Lovers’ Club and Pie Made from Potato Peels” is not just a good book— perhaps it’s the best thing you’ll read in a very long, long time.