A Lovely Book

If reading a book that's been written in letters makes you insane, this may not be the book for you, but I loved it. "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society" is the best adult book I've read in years. 

There were so many things about this book that made me happy.  I loved the idea that a certain famous author/playwright might have written letters to a little girl who'd lost her cat, letters with stories of the cat's adventures.  I loved how sharing books and stories brought the characters together.  I was sad to learn that Mary Ann Shaffer died before the book was published though.  Had she written more books, I would have picked them up.  Annie Barrows has other children's books.  I've read one or two from her "Ivie and Bean" series, and they were wickedly funny.  I can't tell you how refreshing it was for me to find a book written for my age group that I could connect with.