The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Январь 1946 года, Лондон залечивает раны после Второй мировой войны, писательница Джульет Эштон ищет сюжет для своей следующей книги. Кто бы мог подумать, что она найдет его в письме незнакомца!

Уроженец британского острова Гернси, во время войны оккупированного нацистами, наткнулся на имя Джульет на форзаце подержанного тома Чарльза Лэмба. Возможно, она подскажет, где он может найти другие книги этого автора?..

Из писем своего нового корреспондента и его друзей Джульет узнает об уникальном книжном клубе, созданном на острове во время войны для защиты от ареста. Члены литературного клуба рассказывают о своем острове, книжных предпочтениях и, конечно, о недавней немецкой оккупации, изменившей их жизнь. Очарованная их историями, писательница отправляется на Гернси. То, что она там найдет, изменит ее навсегда…

"I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers”.

January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she'd never met, a native of Guernsey, the British island once occupied by the Nazis. He'd come across her name on the flyleaf of a secondhand volume by Charles Lamb. Perhaps she could tell him where he might find more books by this author.

As Juliet and her new correspondent exchange letters, she is drawn into the world of this man and his friends, all members of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a unique book club formed in a unique, spur- of-the-moment way: as an alibi to protect its members from arrest by the Germans.

Juliet begins a remarkable correspondence with the Society's charming, deeply human members, from pig farmers to phrenologists, literature lovers all. Through their letters, she learns about their island, their taste in books, and the powerful, transformative impact the recent German occupation has had on their lives. Captivated by their stories, she sets sail for Guernsey, and what she finds there will change her forever.

Written with warmth and humor as a series of letters, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a celebration of the written the word in all its guises, and of finding connection in the most surprising ways.