The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

To celebrate the holidays, I've decided to choose a more light-oriented read that is fictional and has garnered a lot of popularity among women. Our last book for 2010 is The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows.
Location TBD - stay tuned!

Here's a summary of the book:
The letters comprising this small charming novel begin in 1946, when single, 30-something author Juliet Ashton (nom de plume Izzy Bickerstaff) writes to her publisher to say she is tired of covering the sunny side of war and its aftermath. When Guernsey farmer Dawsey Adams finds Juliet's name in a used book and invites articulate—and not-so-articulate—neighbors to write Juliet with their stories, the book's epistolary circle widens, putting Juliet back in the path of war stories.

The occasionally contrived letters jump from incident to incident—including the formation of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society while Guernsey was under German occupation—and person to person in a manner that feels disjointed. But Juliet's quips are so clever, the Guernsey inhabitants so enchanting and the small acts of heroism so vivid and moving. Juliet finds in the letters not just inspiration for her next work, but also for her life—as will readers.

Happy Holidays!