The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
This was a book club pick that I'd been half meaning to read ever since the movie came out. I'm glad I finally got around to it. It's a quick, sweet read about finding yourself and finding love. That said, it also deals with a lot of heavy material. The island of Guernsey was occupied during WWII, and this is basically the tale of a secret book club that sprang as an outlet and refuge for the residents of the island. As the Germans stole their food and their freedom, as they witnessed horrific acts and found themselves unable to help, as their children were sent away and their friends began to die and disappear, the residents of the island sought comfort in literature. They read books by candlelight and shared them with each other, each searching for an escape from a world that they could no longer control or escape. The main action takes place some years after the occupation and the war, when a journalist and author begins to correspond with the members of the literary...