This was such a delightful book.. 
 So what if it reminded me of 84, Charing Cross Road ,at least in the beginning? what if the story became predictable after a while? what if letters from different people from different backgrounds almost felt like written by the same person? , I'm giving it solid 5 stars :p . 
 Juliet ,an author in post-world war II London,receives a letter from Dowsey Adams,a resident of Guernsey in Channel islands.He informs her that he got her address from the second hand copy of a Charles Lamb book he currently owns.He needs her help to buy more of Lamb's works from London,as there are no more books left in Guernsey after the German occupation.Thus begins a correspondence which further extends to Juliet's friends and other members of 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society' and changes many lives for good. 
 The book deals with German occupation in Guernsey,war troubles,concentration camp life,hunger,slavery,lack of freedom and a lot of other heart wrenching things.But if I were to quote all the lines which made me literally laugh out loud,it would possibly exceed the number of pages of the book :) 
 Today I made myself gulp down the so-called food we get at our office cafe',thinking about the months Guernsey folks had to live on bland vegetables. (Okay,this book is fiction.But in this case,truth must be harder than fiction.) 
 For me,Elizabeth (and not Juliet) was the real heroine of this book.Thought it would have been better,if a few letters of Elizabeth &Christian were also thrown in. 
 The society members' views about various books were witty and fascinating.Now I have to find the works of Charles Lamb :p (Never read anything by him.) and I really really wish to visit Guernsey one day. 
 The hateful remarks about Germans throughout the book made me wonder how one of them would find the book (There is a page which says not all of them were bad,though.) 
 It's a pity that Mary Ann Shaffer didn't live to write another book. 
 Highly recommended!