Give our Brunch Bunch a try! Our discussion groups are led by library staff\, and welcome everyone. You can request a copy of the boo k through the shared library system. Some titles may also be available thr ough Libby or Hoopla.
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\nJanuary's title is < em>All the Broken Places by John Boyne
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\nNinety-one-year-old Gretel Fernsby h as lived in the same well-to-do mansion block in London for decades. She l ives a quiet\, comfortable life\, despite her deeply disturbing\, dark pas t. She doesn't talk about her escape from Nazi Germany at age 12. She does n'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.
\nThen\, a new family moves into the apartment below her. In spite of herself\, Gretel can't help but begin a friendship with t he 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 threat ens Gretel's hard-won\, self-contained existence.
\nAll T he Broken Places moves back and forth in time between Gretel's girl hood in Germany to present-day London as a woman whose life has been haunt ed by the past. Now\, Gretel faces a similar crossroads to one she encount ered long ago. Back then\, she denied her own complicity\, but now\, faced with a chance to interrogate her guilt\, grief and remorse\, she can choo se to save a young boy. If she does\, she will be forced to reveal the sec rets she has spent a lifetime protecting. This time\, she can make a diffe rent choice than before -- whatever the cost to herself....
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