{"product_id":"all-the-broken-places-a-novel","title":"All the Broken Places A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eYou can't prepare yourself for the magnitude and emotional impact of this powerful novel. --John Irving, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Exceptional, layered and compelling...This book moves like a freight train. --Amy Bloom, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eIn Love\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author John Boyne, a devastating, beautiful story about a woman who must confront the sins of her own terrible past, and a present in which it is never too late for bravery \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNinety-one-year-old Gretel Fernsby has lived in the same well-to-do mansion block in London for decades. She lives a quiet, comfortable life, despite her deeply disturbing, dark past. She doesn't talk about her escape from Nazi Germany at age 12. She doesn't talk about the grim post-war years in France with her mother. Most of all, she doesn't talk about her father, who was the commandant of one of the Reich's most notorious extermination camps. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen, a new family moves into the apartment below her. In spite of herself, Gretel can't help but begin a friendship with the little boy, Henry, though his presence brings back memories she would rather forget. One night, she witnesses a disturbing, violent argument between Henry's beautiful mother and his arrogant father, one that threatens Gretel's hard-won, self-contained existence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll The Broken Places\u003c\/i\u003e moves back and forth in time between Gretel's girlhood in Germany to present-day London as a woman whose life has been haunted by the past. Now, Gretel faces a similar crossroads to one she encountered long ago. Back then, she denied her own complicity, but now, faced with a chance to interrogate her guilt, grief and remorse, she can choose to save a young boy. If she does, she will be forced to reveal the secrets she has spent a lifetime protecting. This time, she can make a different choice than before--whatever the cost to herself....","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46609321984169,"sku":"PHBK-9780593653067","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/content_4efda761-5cf9-4110-aeae-8f5a5e555703.jpg?v=1764696908","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/all-the-broken-places-a-novel","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}