The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (SHAFFER - BARROWS)

It’s 1946 and author Juliet Ashton can’t think what to write next. Out of the blue, she receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of Guernsey - by chance, he’s acquired a book that once belonged to her - and, spurred on by their mutual love of reading, they begin a correspondence. When Dawsey reveals that he is a member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Juliet’s curiosity is piqued and it’s not long before she begins to hear from other members. As letters fly back and forth with stories of life in Guernsey under the German Occupation, Juliet soon realises that the society is every bit as extraordinary as its name.

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‘Delightfully spirited and quirky... You’d have to be pretty hard-hearted not to fall under its spell’ - Daily Mail Books of the Year

‘Definitely a book to curl up with and simply enjoy’ - Kate Long, author of The Bad Mother's Handbook

‘A sparkling epistolary novel radiating wit, lightly worn erudition and written with great assurance and aplomb’ - Elizabeth Buchan, Sunday Times

Tunny, moving and quite unlike anything I have read for a long time’ - Sunday Telegraph

‘A gorgeous book - touching and funny’ - Joanna Lumley

Cover image courtesy of Christian Raoul Skrein von Bumbala Design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich