"The Guernsey Literary & Potato Pie Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer
Set in 1946 at the end of the war, but recounting the trials & hardships the population of Guernsey endured, with a light hearted love story, some poetry & book club all thrown in. A really enjoyable read. (Guernsey is just off England)

These are some other books I have enjoyed if you feel like branching out:

"The Wings of Night" - an Australian novel set around Perth, story about the aftermath of war on the women left behind & the returned soldiers. I liked this one, the women are real.

"The Forever War" - Joe Haldaman - if you're into science fiction as well, this one has it all. The author was a Vietnam Vet so the story is allegorical to the Vietman conflict, but not so that you can really tell. I loved this book. A young, brilliant physicist is drafted into a space war against an alien species. The battles take place at such long light distances away from Earth that by the time he can return to Earth, relativity has kicked in so for him only a couple of years has passed, but on Earth, his family are all aged beyong recognition.