Used book – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Aline Azoulay-Pavcon

As whimsical as its title, and funny, tender, incredibly endearing: this is a debut novel unlike any we've read in a long time, and one we can't wait to pass from hand to hand.

"Absolutely delightful!" Anna Gavalda I wonder how this book came to Guernsey? Perhaps books possess a secret instinct for self-preservation that guides them to their ideal reader...

January 1946. London is painfully recovering from the traumas of World War II, and Juliet, a young English writer, is searching for the subject of her next novel. How could she imagine that a letter from a stranger, a native of the island of Guernsey, would provide it? Through her exchanges with her new correspondent, Juliet enters his world and that of his friends – an unexpected, deliciously eccentric world. That of a reading club created during the war to escape the wrath of a German patrol one evening when, defying the curfew, its members had just enjoyed a roasted pig (and a potato peel pie...) – delicacies, of course, strictly prohibited by the occupiers. Never short on imagination, the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is bursting with charm, humor, tenderness, and humanity – Juliet is captivated. Little by little, she expands her correspondence with several members of the Society – and even other inhabitants of Guernsey – discovering the island's history, everyone's tastes (literary and otherwise), the impact of the German Occupation on their lives... Until one day she realizes that with the Society, she has the subject of her next novel. So she accepts the warm invitation of her new friends and travels to Guernsey. What she finds there will change her life forever.