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All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

Start date: November 1, 2016

Finish date: November 30, 2016

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Jul 26, 2015 Barbara rated it really liked it

Just before the start of World War II Marie-Laure LeBlanc is a little girl living in Paris with her father, the keeper of keys at the Museum of Natural History. Marie is blinded by cataracts at age six, so her father - who's clever at building models and puzzle boxes - constructs a wooden model of the neighborhood to teach Marie to get around.

Marie is an intelligent child and budding naturalist who enjoys hanging out with scientists at the museum. She also cherishes her braille book "Twenty Tho ...more

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Apr 07, 2019 Alka Joshi rated it it was amazing

Anthony Doerr is the kind of writer who teaches me how to write as I read his fiction. In this WWII novel, Doerr creates two equally compelling protagonists: a blind French girl and a brilliant German boy. Alternating chapters tell the story of each, set in different countries and different circumstances. As readers race forward to discover how and when these two will encounter each other, we see how carefully Doerr layers each protagonist's story so that we are sympathetic to both. In the case ...more

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Dec 25, 2018 Lisa rated it it was amazing

This beautifully written book that intertwines the stories of two people - French Marie-Laure and German Werner - growing up during World War II melts off the pages. The language is so poetic that one can read it for the sound of the words alone. Nevertheless, it is also a haunting story that will make most readers grip the edge of their seats. I highly recommend it.

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Feb 10, 2015 Jim Townsend rated it really liked it

An excellent book about the human side of World War Two in Europe, in which the lives of two very different people and their families--one French, the other German--intersect.

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