All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr->February 2018 Book of the Month

[C.P.]

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. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another.

[C.P.]

I don't think that I will have time to reread this right now, but I will try to follow along with the discussion. Hope everyone enjoys this as much as I did!

[Salha]

I read this book back in 2016 and I loved it! I'd really like to reread it this time, but I'm afraid I won't be able to :(

[C.P.]

I'm the same, Salha. :(

[Ashley]

Hmmm.. I voted this one - I now have to request from library *runs off frantically waving*

[Charley Girl]

I just read this in December. Looking forward to seeing the comments though.

[Dr. Andy]

I'll try to get to this, I attempted to listen to it once and just couldn't concentrate on it so I had to stop :(

[C.P.]

Hope you enjoy it if you're able to get to it, Andrea. I really enjoyed this one and wish I had time to read it again.

[Jamie (The Kansan Reader)]

I bought this last year. This will give me a reason to pick it up and read it.

[C.P.]

Yes, and it's good to get books read that you own.