From the New York Times bestselling 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 Ninety-one-year-old Gretel Fernsby has lived in the same well-to-do mansion block in London for decades.
This time, she can make a different choice than before--whatever the cost to herself.....
If she does, she will be forced to reveal the secrets she has spent a lifetime protecting.
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.
Now, Gretel faces a similar crossroads to one she encountered long ago.
All The Broken Places 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.
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.
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.
Then, a new family moves into the apartment below her.
Most of all, she doesn\'t talk about her father, who was the commandant of one of the Reich\'s most notorious extermination camps.
She doesn\'t talk about the grim post-war years in France with her mother.
She doesn\'t talk about her escape from Nazi Germany at age 12.
She lives a quiet, comfortable life, despite her deeply disturbing, dark past.
From the New York Times bestselling 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 Ninety-one-year-old Gretel Fernsby has lived in the same well-to-do mansion block in London for decades
