The Wartime Book Club

Jersey, 1943. When the German Army invades the tranquil island, librarian Grace La Motée is determined to keep her services running. Ordered to destroy books which threaten the Nazi regime, she refuses, instead hiding them away and fighting back by forming a book club: a lifeline to help islanders escape the terror of war, one chapter at a time.

But soon Grace's quiet acts of bravery become even more perilous. She's harbouring dangerous secrets - ones that put her life in danger - and when tensions turn to violence, she is forced to face the true, terrible cost of resistance...

Based on astonishing real events, The Wartime Book Club is a love letter to the power of books in the darkest of times - as well as a moving page-turner that brings to life the remarkable, untold story of an island at war.

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"One of the very best books I've read in a long time" - Peter James

"Both heartwarming and heartbreaking" - Gill Paul 

"A poignant masterpiece" - Madeline Martin 

"A book to be savoured and remembered" - Gill Thompson 

Find out more about the story behind The Wartime Book Club in Kate's article in The Daily Mail.