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Boyne, John, 1971-

All the broken places / John Boyne. - London, UK : Doubleday, 2022. - 371 pages ; 23 cm.

The sequel to The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

"Ninety-one-year-old Gretel Fernsby has lived in the same mansion block in London for decades. She leads a comfortable, quiet life, despite her dark and disturbing past. She doesn't talk about her escape from Germany over seventy years before. She doesn't talk about the post-war years in France with her mother. Most of all, she doesn't talk about her father, the commandant of one of the most notorious Nazi concentration camps.Then, a young family moves into the apartment below her. In spite of herself, Gretel can't help but begin a friendship with the little boy, Henry, though his presence brings back memories she would rather forget. One night, she witnesses a violent argument between Henry's mother and his domineering father, one that threatens Gretel's hard-won, self-contained existence.Gretel is faced with a chance to expiate her guilt, grief and remorse and act to save a young boy - for the second time in her life. But to do so, she will be forced to reveal her true identity to the world. Will she make a different choice this time, whatever the cost to herself?"--Publisher's website

ISBN: 9780857528865 0857528866 9780857528858 0857528858

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC2B5364 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 020668254 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Children of Nazis--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.
Psychological fiction.
War fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: 823.00