{"product_id":"all-the-broken-places-the-sequel-to-the-boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas","title":"All The Broken Places: The Sequel to The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviewed by Karen (Retired Bookseller); All The Broken Places is a profoundly moving, beautifully written sequel to John Boyne's novel The Boy In Stripped Pyjamas.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe story moves from 1946 Europe to present time following the lives of those that survived.  Their struggles with greif, trauma and guilt, lives changed forever.  Written with compassion, this novel is very thought provoking and a gripping read, highly recommended.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eFrom the author of the globally bestselling, multi-million-copy classic, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, and The Heart's Invisible Furies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eNinety-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eMost of all, she doesn't talk about her father, the commandant of one of the most notorious Nazi concentration camps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThen, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eGretel 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFamily life fiction, Historical fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Boyne\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e384 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH: 234mm W: 153mm Spine: 27mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 465 grams\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doubleday","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42154472734870,"sku":"9780857528865","price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/products\/jacket---2022-09-23T131105-161.jpg?v=1663895423","url":"https:\/\/www.tawabooksandpost.co.nz\/products\/all-the-broken-places-the-sequel-to-the-boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas","provider":"Tawa Books \u0026 Post","version":"1.0","type":"link"}