All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel
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From the back cover:"Marie-Laure lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History where her father works. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure's reclusive great-uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum's most valuable and dangerous jewel. In a mining town in Germany, Werner Pfennig, an orphan, grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find that brings them news and stories from places they have never seen or imagined. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments and is enlisted to use his talent to track down the resistance. Marie-Laure and Werner, from warring countries, both having lost many of the people they loved, come together in Saint-Malo, as Doerr illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another."
Starting to read this book today
This book was powerful and kept me turning the pages with anticipation. Such beauty and such horror in this story that focused on the experiences of Marie-Laure in France and Werner Pfennig in Germany during World War II. So beautifully written and the story will stay with me for a long time.
Passed this book on to my husband to read. He finished it last week and I've now passed it on to my sister, Maranlin.
Happy reading!
Happy reading!
This book has been loaned to me by my sister. It looks like an interesting read. Thank you for sharing, starrdust.
It took several chapters of this book to really get me hooked on the story, but the short chapters and in particular the excellent writing of Doerr kept me turning the pages. This turned out to be a very powerful story and I was in awe of the courage of the young Marie-Laure. I almost did not want the book to end, but of course it does and all the loose ends are nicely wrapped up.
Returned this book to my sister, starrdust. Thank you so much for sharing it with me. I am glad I read it.
Realized that I hadn't acknowledged the return of this book. Glad you enjoyed reading it, Maranlin.
