Shannon M. reviewed on 7/6/2012 + 6 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

This book is absolutely amazing and provides an extremely unique experience!!! The story is told solely in letters between the characters of the book. If you are someone like me who enjoys a bit of a historical edge to a story, then you will love this one. It takes place immediately after World War II in England and the Channel Islands. Juliet, a journalist/author, has just published a book of columns she had written during the war that were meant to keep spirits light during those hard times. As she is doing a book tour, she begins receiving letters from a man from Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. He had read a book that somehow was connected to her and so he began communicating with her. This initial communication leads to Juliet learning about the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society which was essentially a book club that the people of Guernsey started as a ruse to trick the German troops but it became a true book review kind of club in earnest. Juliet then begins communicating with all of the members of the club and even some other islanders. She begins finding out what life was like for the islanders because they were occupied by German soldiers. The story is heartwarming as much as heartbreaking. This is truly a phenomenal story and you must read it because I do not want to give too much away!!!

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