The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society, Shafer & Barrows - B

                                                This is a delightful  novel, set in 1946 London, that looks back on the occupation of the Guernsey Islands.  The story of the Germans five-year presence is told through a series of letters posted to a London author by the members of the society in the title. The author becomes so enthralled with the islanders that she moves to Guernsey. The occupation was light, probably the lightest of the war.  Nonetheless, it was not without death, starvation, betrayal and hardship.  This book is a superb evocation of a place and time. The Channel Islands were bypassed by the Allies when they invaded France. Liberation came after the war was over the following May.  I believe that only Norway, Poland and Czechoslovakia were occupied longer. Thanks, Marce, for the recommendation and your ongoing editorial assistance here.