All The Broken Places

<p>John Boyne is the author of fourteen novels for adults six for younger readers and a collection of short stories. His 2006 novel <i>The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas </i>has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and has been adapted for cinema theatre ballet and opera. His many international bestsellers include <i>The Heart's Invisible Furies </i>and<i> A Ladder to the Sky</i>. He has won four Irish Book Awards including Author of the Year in 2022 along with a host of other international literary prizes. His novels are published in fifty-eight languages.<br><br><br>Twitter: @JohnBoyneBooks<br>Instagram: @JohnBoyneAuthor</p> <b>Gripping and well-honed...consummately constructed humming with tension... a defence of literature's need to shine a light on the darkest aspects of human nature and it does so with a novelist's skill precision and power</b> <b>'What an incredible feat of storytelling. All the Broken Places is a stark confrontation of evil an examination of guilt and deflection and an old-fashioned page-turner. John treads the finest of narrative lines with skill and grace and proves himself yet again to be among the world's greatest storytellers. '</b> An eloquent meditation on guilt complicity and redemption.. a remarkable novel with humanity at its core <b>Beautifully told and gripping from first page to last</b> This novel this exceptional layered and compelling story is built on modern history and all of us people who live it. The protagonist the elderly forthright and mysterious Mrs. Fernsby is more than memorable and every one of Boyne's characters and every scene dark or light is limned in truth and insight. This book moves like a freight trainwith force and consequence for the reader. <p><b>'Beautifully told and gripping from first page to last' </b><i>Sunday Express</i><br><b>'An incredible feat of storytelling... and an old-fashioned page-turner' </b>Donal Ryan<br><b>'Gripping and well-honed...consummately constructed humming with tension' </b><i>Guardian</i><br><b>'You can't prepare yourself for the magnitude and emotional impact of this powerful novel' </b>John Irving<br><b>________________________________</b><br><br><b><i>From the author of the globally bestselling multi-million-copy classic The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas comes its astonishing and powerful sequel.</i></b><br><br>Gretel Fernsby is a quiet woman leading a quiet life. She doesn't talk about her escape from Germany seventy years ago or the dark post-war years in France with her mother. Most of all she doesn't talk about her father the commandant of one of the most notorious Nazi concentration camps.<br><br>But when a young family moves into the apartment below her Gretel can't help but befriend their little boy Henry though his presence brings back painful memories. One night she witnesses a violent argument between his parents which threatens to disturb her hard-won peace.<br><br>For the second time in her life Gretel is given the chance to save a young boy. To do so would allay her guilt grief and remorse but it will also force her to reveal her true identity.<br><br><b>Will she make a different choice this time whatever the cost to herself?</b><br><b>_______________________________<br><br>Praise for John Boyne<br><br>'A master storyteller' </b><i>Daily Express<br><b>'</b></i><b>One of the best novelists of Ireland' </b><i>Sunday Express<br><b>'</b></i><b>Boyne offers writing of insight and beauty' </b><i>Observer</i><br><b>'John Boyne is a maestro of hisoritical fiction' </b>John Irving</p> <p><b>'Beautifully told and gripping from first page to last' </b><i>Sunday Express</i><br><b>'An incredible feat of storytelling... and an old-fashioned page-turner' </b>Donal Ryan<br><b>'Gripping and well-honed...consummately constructed humming with tension' </b><i>Guardian</i><br><b>'You can't prepare yourself for the magnitude and emotional impact of this powerful novel' </b>John Irving<br><b>________________________________</b><br><br><b><i>From the author of the globally bestselling multi-million-copy classic The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas comes its astonishing and powerful sequel.</i></b><br><br>Gretel Fernsby is a quiet woman leading a quiet life. She doesn't talk about her escape from Germany seventy years ago or the dark post-war years in France with her mother. Most of all she doesn't talk about her father the commandant of one of the most notorious Nazi concentration camps.<br><br>But when a young family moves into the apartment below her Gretel can't help but befriend their little boy Henry though his presence brings back painful memories. One night she witnesses a violent argument between his parents which threatens to disturb her hard-won peace.<br><br>For the second time in her life Gretel is given the chance to save a young boy. To do so would allay her guilt grief and remorse but it will also force her to reveal her true identity.<br><br><b>Will she make a different choice this time whatever the cost to herself?</b><br><br><i>The new novel from John Boyne WATER is available for pre-order now.</i><br><b>_______________________________<br><br>Praise for John Boyne<br><br>'A master storyteller' </b><i>Daily Express<br><b>'</b></i><b>One of the best novelists of Ireland' </b><i>Sunday Express<br><b>'</b></i><b>Boyne offers writing of insight and beauty' </b><i>Observer</i><br><b>'John Boyne is a maestro of hisoritical fiction' </b>John Irving</p>