THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY

The letters comprising this small charming novel begin in 1946, when single, 30-something author Juliet Ashton (nom de plume Izzy Bi ckerstaff) writes to her publisher to say she is tired of covering the sunny side of war and its aftermath. When Guernsey farmer Daw sey Adams finds Juliet's name in a used book and invites articulateand not-so-articulateneighbors to write Juliet with their stori es, the book's epistolary circle widens, putting Juliet back in the path of war stories. The occasionally contrived letters jump fro m incident...[Read more]