# All The Broken Places

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- Book: [All The Broken Places](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-boyne/all-the-broken-places) ([All The Broken Places.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-boyne/all-the-broken-places.md))
- Authors: [John Boyne](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-boyne)
- Publisher: transworld_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7359-984-0
- Published: 2022-09-15
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

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 apartment 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?