All The Broken Places

Beautifully told and gripping from first page to last. An incredible feat of storytelling and an old-fashioned page-turner. Gripping and well-honed, consummately constructed, humming with tension. You can't prepare yourself for the magnitude and emotional impact of this powerful novel.

From the author of the globally bestselling, multi-million-copy classic, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, comes its astonishing and powerful sequel. 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.

But when a young family moves into the flat 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.

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. Will she make a different choice this time, whatever the cost to herself?

Praise for John Boyne: A master storyteller. One of the best novelists of Ireland. Boyne offers writing of insight and beauty. John Boyne is a maestro of historical fiction.