The Guernsey Literary And The Potato Peel Pie Society

The Guernsey Literary And The Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

256 pages

Published Bloomsbury Publishing India Private Limited (2010)

It's 1946 and author Juliet Ashton can't think what to write next. Out of the blue, she receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of Guernsey - by chance, he's acquired a book that once belonged to her - and, spurred on by their mutual love of reading, they begin a correspondence. When Dawsey reveals that he is a member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, her curiosity is piqued and it's not long before she begins to hear from other members. As letters fly back and forth with stories of life in Guernsey under the German Occupation, Juliet soon realizes that the society is every bit as extraordinary as its name.

For reasons unknown, I seem to adore books that have a story behind its title (Ponniyin Selvan - a Tamil magnum opus, The Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan and Lemon Girl by Jyoti Arora).