Mary Ann Shaffer wrote The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
[Human]: Do you like Mary Ann Shaffer? My mom told me I should try her books.  [Assistant]: I have never read anything of hers I know she wrote The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.  [Human]: Can you tell me what kind of books they are? [Assistant]: They are both historical Fiction.  [Human]: Oh, no wonder she recommended them. I love that genre. Do you have any other recommendations to add to my reading list? 
The teeth of the tiger is in the same genre. 