| Record Number |
876210 |
| ISBN |
9780857528865 (paperback) |
| Author |
Boyne, John, 1971- author. |
| Title |
All the broken places / John Boyne. |
| Publisher/Date |
London : Doubleday, 2022. |
| ©2022 |
| Pagination etc. |
371 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Boy in the striped pyjamas 2 |
| Contents note |
The sequel to The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. |
| Summary Note |
1946. Three years after a cataclysmic event which tore their lives apart, a mother and daughter flee Poland for Paris, shame, and fear at their heels, not knowing how hard it is to escape your past. Nearly eighty years later, Gretel Fernsby lives a life that is a far cry from her traumatic childhood. When a couple moves into the flat below her in her London mansion block, it should be nothing more than a momentary inconvenience. However, the appearance of their nine-year-old son Henry brings back memories she would rather forget. Faced with a choice between her own safety and his, Gretel is taken back to a similar crossroads she encountered long ago. Back then, her complicity dishonoured her life, but to interfere now could risk revealing the secrets she has spent a lifetime protecting. All the Broken Places is John Boyne's masterful sequel to his classic bestseller, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, taking a character from that novel on a journey to a place she never goes - the past. Through her story, he explores the aftermath of the war and the effects of a lifetime of guilt. |
| Subject |
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- Fiction |
| Children of Nazis -- Fiction |
| Friendship -- Fiction |
| Neighbors -- Fiction |
| Secrecy -- Fiction |
| Added Author |
Boyne, John, 1971- Boy in the striped pyjamas. |
| Shelf Location |
F BOYN |
