About the book Marie-Laure has been blind since the age of six. Her father builds a perfect miniature of their Paris neighbourhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. But when the Nazis invade, father and daughter flee with a dangerous secret. Werner is a German orphan, destined to labour… Continue reading All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
About the book It's January, 1946, and writer Juliet Ashton sits at her desk, vainly seeking a subject for her next book. Out of the blue, she receives a letter from one Dawsey Adams of Guernsey - by chance, he's acquired a second hand book that once belonged to Juliet - and, spurred on by… Continue reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer