Shelf Indulgence

This Shelf Indulgence review covers one of my favourite books of the last ten years. Doerr’s Pulitzer prize-winner tells the story of a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both are swept up in the devastation of World War II. Marie-Laure lives a secluded life with her father, locksmith to the Paris Museum of Natural History. When she loses her sight, her papa builds a perfect miniature of their neighbourhood – a kind of 3D map – a...
Published on October 23, 2023 05:01