"Told with compassion and insight into how guilt and sorrow from the past follows Greta throughout her life."
This beautifully written sequel to The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, takes us right back to the time of the Holocaust, told with compassion and insight into how guilt and sorrow from the past follows Greta throughout her life.
We first met Greta in the Boy in the Striped Pyjamas as the 12 year old daughter of Auschwitz commandant. We now meet Greta as a 91 year old widow, living a solitary life in London, she shies away from meeting her new neighbours including 9 year old Henry. Something stirs in her as she gets to know Henry, his frightened mother and abusive father.
There is nothing Greta can do to change the past and the loss of her brother, but is there something she can do to change the life of 9 year old Henry?
The dramatic twist at the end of this superb novel, expresses Love, loss and family in its startling conclusion.
John Boyne's acclaimed quartet, THE ELEMENTS, is available now.
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John Boyne's acclaimed quartet, THE ELEMENTS, is available now.'Beautifully told and gripping from first page to last' Sunday Express'An incredible feat of storytelling... and an old-fashioned page-turner' Donal Ryan'Gripping and well-honed...consummately constructed, humming with tension' Guardian'You can't prepare yourself for the magnitude and emotional impact of this powerful novel' John Irving________________________________From the author of the globally bestselling, multi-million-copy classic, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, comes its astonishing and powerful sequel.Gretel Fernsby is a quiet woman leading a quiet life. She doesn't talk about her escape from Germany seventy years ago or the dark post-war years in France with her mother.
All the Broken Places features in the following genres: Family Drama, Historical Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, General Fiction, Books of the Month, Recommendations
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All the Broken Places was written by John Boyne and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Transworld
All the Broken Places has 370 pages
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