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Kansasliberal asked this question about All the Light We Cannot See:
Do we know why Frederick was so pushed by his family to attend the Nazis school where he obviously did not belong?
Kelly Butcher I think Fredrick's father was a military man- when we go back to his family in the future, his mom is a widow. She feels that she and other widows of …moreI think Fredrick's father was a military man- when we go back to his family in the future, his mom is a widow. She feels that she and other widows of wartime are seen as co-conspirators in the war- so I assumed that his father was a war criminal-- that would explain of course why Fredrick had to go to that school.(less)
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All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author)
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