Inspired by true events, The Wartime Book Club is an unforgettable story of everyday bravery and resistance, full of romance, drama, and camaraderie and a tribute to the joy of reading and the power of books in our darkest hour.
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.. . .
And when tensions turn to violence, they are forced to face the true, terrible cost of resistance .
But as the occupation drags on, the women\'s quiet acts of bravery become more perilous - and more important - than ever before.
So she forms the Wartime Book Club: a lifeline, offering fearful islanders the joy and escapism of reading.
Along with her headstrong best friend, postwoman Bea Rose, she wants to fight back.
Instead, she hides the stories away in secret.
Grace La Mottée, the island\'s only librarian, is ordered to destroy books which threaten the new regime.
Once a warm and neighbourly community, now German soldiers patrol the cobbled streets, imposing a harsh rule on the people of the island.
Jersey, 1943.
Inspired by true events, The Wartime Book Club is an unforgettable story of everyday bravery and resistance, full of romance, drama, and camaraderie and a tribute to the joy of reading and the power of books in our darkest hour
