Doerr’s page-turning World War II novel. Parallel narratives of Marie-Laure, a blind French teen who has fled Paris, and Werner, an orphaned radio prodigy working for the Nazis, converge days before the American liberation. As the chapters jump back and forth in time and place, Doerr builds suspense surrounding their futures, weaving a mythic tale of what makes for blindness and seeing, hearing and following, trust and betrayal, treasure and sacrifice, death and life. - Presbyterian Outlook
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