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All the Light We Cannot See

544 pages · 2017 · Rating 4.5

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From the multiple award-winning novelist of All the Light We Cannot See, a breathtaking novel guided by the beauty and humanity of its unforgettable characters. It is the summer of 1940, and five-year-old Werner Pfennig is living with his sister in a small house on an abandoned coal mine in a small German town near the French border. Their father has been taken away by the Gestapo, and their mother has fled to Paris after stealing a diamond from a Nazi officer. Young Werner's world opens up when he discovers an old radio - and an uncanny talent for fixing things. He soon realizes that his repair work provides him with more than just satisfaction - it also gives him a sense of power.

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