The guernsey literary and potato peel pie society is a historical novel by mary ann shaffer and annie barrows that was published in 2008 it was turned into a movie in 2018 featuring lily james as juliet ashton the book is set in 1946 and is an epistolary novel composed of letters written from one character to another. The guernsey literary and potato peel pie society was her first novel unfortunately she became very ill with cancer and so she asked her niece annie barrows the author of the childrens series ivy and bean as well as the magic half to help her finish the. The guernsey literary and potato peel pie society a novel shaffer mary ann barrows annie 9780385341004 books amazonca. The guernsey literary and potato peel pie society born as a spur of the moment alibi when its members were discovered breaking curfew by the germans occupying their island boasts a charming funny deeply human cast of characters from pig farmers to phrenologists literature lovers all