We’re starting a new discussion series on the third Monday of each month focused on literary fiction, current and classic. The series will start off with The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. This epistolary novel is set on the island of Guernsey during its Nazi occupation during WWII. “I can’t remember the last time I discovered a novel as smart and delightful as this one, a world so vivid that I kept forgetting this was a work of fiction populated with fresh characters so utterly wonderful that I kept forgetting they weren’t my actual friends and neighbors. Treat yourself to this book please—I can’t recommend it highly enough,” writes Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert. The series will be facilitated by Durham native Katherine Johnson, who has an undergraduate degree in European Literatures and many years of reading and working with books. Her day job is with NoveList, where she develops articles, discussion guides, and other materials about books for an online library service that supports readers’ advisory.
