The long-awaited sequel to the phenomenal global bestseller,The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas,this is John Boyne's latest novel for adults.
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.
Publisher: Transworld Publishers LtdISBN: 9781529176131Number of pages: 384Weight: 262 gDimensions: 198 x 127 x 23 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Gripping and well-honed...consummately constructed,humming with tension... a defence of literature's need to shine a light on the darkest aspects of human nature and it does so with a novelist's skill,precision and power.'- The Guardian
'What an incredible feat of storytelling. All the Broken Places is a stark confrontation of evil,an examination of guilt and deflection,and an old-fashioned page-turner. John treads the finest of narrative lines with skill and grace and proves himself yet again to be among the world's greatest storytellers.'- Donal Ryan
'An eloquent meditation on guilt,complicity and redemption.. a remarkable novel,with humanity at its core.'- Mail on Sunday
'Beautifully told and gripping from first page to last.'- Sunday Express
'This novel,this exceptional,layered and compelling story,is built on modern history and all of us people who live it. The protagonist,the elderly,forthright and mysterious Mrs. Fernsby,is more than memorable and every one of Boyne's characters,and every scene,dark or light,is limned in truth and insight. This book moves like a freight train,with force and consequence for the reader.'- Amy Bloom
John Boyne
Irish author John Boyne is undoubtedly best-known for his powerful multi-award winning novel of The Holocaust,The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Writing for adults and children alike,his other works includeThe Absolutist,A History of Loneliness,Noah Barleywater Runs AwayandThe Boy At The Top Of The Mountain.
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