It's 1946, and popular London author and journalist Juliet Ashton is tired of writing witty, cheery columns for her war-weary readers. One day, after failing to find inspiration for a new book in the social whirl with her closest friends, one of whom is her publisher, Juliet receives a letter from a resident of the Channel Island of Guernsey. Dawsey Adams, a member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, a group initially formed to thwart the Nazi occupiers, purchased a book of Juliet's in a used book shop and found her address written in it. He enjoyed the author so much, he writes her to ask how to obtain more books by the same author. This first contact leads Juliet, and the reader, into a journey, a mystery, friendships with quirky and wonderful Guernseyites, inspiration for her new book and a new life.
All along the way, this book of letters will make you chuckle and warm your heart as well as slip in the more serious and historical information about the Channel Islands-the only British soil to be occupied (for 5 years) by the Nazis during WWII.
Recommended for all who enjoyed Helene Hanff's 84 Charing Cross Road.
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