Mary Ann Shaffer is best known for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, completed with Annie Barrows. Set in 1946, the novel unfolds through letters between writer Juliet Ashton and residents of Guernsey, whose improvised book club began during the German occupation as an excuse for breaking curfew. As Juliet learns more about the society, the correspondence reveals wartime shortages, friendships, losses and the fate of the absent Elizabeth McKenna. The epistolary structure keeps the tone conversational while allowing many characters to contribute their own versions of events. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is especially useful to readers seeking Second World War historical fiction told through letters, community voices and the shared experience of reading. Read more Less
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