All the Broken Places: A Novel
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- Synopsis
- &“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 LoveFrom 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 braveryNinety-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….
- Copyright:
- 2022
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 400 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780593653074
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780593653067, 9780385688055, 9780385688079, 9780593653449, 9780593676813, 9780593676820
- Publisher:
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 05/30/25
- Copyrighted By:
- John Boyne
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Military, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.