Type: Historical Fiction
Author: Anthony Doerr
Publication Date: 2014
Country: United States
Pages: 544
This novel encapsulates the life stories of two individuals, a blind French girl and a German boy set during the time of World War II. This girl flees to her great uncle’s walled citadel in Saint-Malo along with her father and the duo carries the most precious jewel of the museum with them. The author depicts how her path is intertwined with that of an orphaned boy, Werner and the ways in which people are there for each other.