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I finished "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Guernsey is a small British island between England and France and during World War II it was occupied by the Germans. The time frame of the novel was 1946. The main character is writer Juliet who is living in London. She receives a letter from a gentleman in Guernsey requesting help in locating a book. The correspondence continues and enlarges to include all the people that are members of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society. It also includes Juliet's publisher and also her best friend. During the war there was little food left on Guernsey even for the occuping Germans and they were reduced to coming up with whatever they could to vary their meals of potatoes and turnips. One recipe was making a pie out of potatoes and peels. The locals on Guernsey united once a month to read and debate their choice of books as entertainment in an otherwise tragic time. It continued and so did their friendships. Juliet is drawn to them through the correspondence and comes for a visit to meet her new friends in person. The story is wonderful and was written entirely in the form of letters to and from the characters. It took a little while to get all the characters in place but once they were it was a great read.