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“You can’t prepare yourself for the magnitude and emotional impact of this powerful novel.” —John Irving, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The World According to Garp
“Exceptional, layered and compelling…This book moves like a freight train.” —Amy Bloom, New York Times bestselling author of In Love
From the New York Times bestselling author John Boyne, a devastating, beautiful story about a woman who must confront the sins of her own terrible past, and a present in which it is never too late for bravery
Ninety-one-year-old Gretel Fernsby has lived in the same well-to-do mansion block in London for decades. She lives a quiet, comfortable life, despite her deeply disturbing, dark past. She doesn’t talk about her escape from Nazi Germany at age 12. She doesn’t talk about the grim post-war years in France with her mother. Most of all, she doesn’t talk about her father, who was the commandant of one of the Reich’s most notorious extermination camps.
Then, a new family moves into the apartment below her. In spite of herself, Gretel can’t help but begin a friendship with the little boy, Henry, though his presence brings back memories she would rather forget. One night, she witnesses a disturbing, violent argument between Henry’s beautiful mother and his arrogant father, one that threatens Gretel’s hard-won, self-contained existence.
All The Broken Places moves back and forth in time between Gretel’s girlhood in Germany to present-day London as a woman whose life has been haunted by the past. Now, Gretel faces a similar crossroads to one she encountered long ago. Back then, she denied her own complicity, but now, faced with a chance to interrogate her guilt, grief and remorse, she can choose to save a young boy. If she does, she will be forced to reveal the secrets she has spent a lifetime protecting. This time, she can make a different choice than before—whatever the cost to herself….
From the Publisher
ASIN : B0B14GBSYH
Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : November 29, 2022
Language : English
File size : 4.4 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 399 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-0593653074
Page Flip : Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #4,102 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #2 in World War II Historical Fiction #3 in Historical World War II & Holocaust Fiction #28 in Literary Fiction (Books)
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Customers find this novel remarkable and emotionally powerful, with twists and turns that keep them engaged throughout. The writing is well-crafted, with one customer noting its immersive narrative structure, and customers appreciate how it provides insight into human nature. Customers praise the rich character development, with one review highlighting the protagonist’s female perspective, while another notes how the story moves back and forth between past and present. Customers find the book easy to follow and difficult to put down.
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