The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

Set just after World War II in the Channel Islands between England and France, this is a delightful novel full of surprises and wonder. The entire story is told via letters to and from one Juliet Ashton. Juliet was a humor writer during the war, but now that the war is done, she is seeking new, more serious subjects to write about. Her course is not clear at first, but when she receives an unexpected letter from a stranger on the Island of Guernsey looking for literary advice about Charles Lamb, her direction begins to reveal itself. Shaffer and Barrows have created a fine novel with that reveal life on the Channel Islands during and after World War II, but the historical accuracy in their fiction takes a second seat to their charming characters and engaging tale.