Marie-Laure, blind at age six, lives with her father in Paris. He builds her a miniature of her neighborhood to help her navigate the streets. He is the master of locks at the Museum of Natural History and when they must flee due to Nazi occupation they travel with a very valuable jewel to family in the town of Saint-Malo by the sea.
Werner, a German boy grows up interested in fixing radios and this skill lands him at the academy for Hitler Youth. As Werner gets involved tracking the resistance and traveling to the depths of the war, he ends up in Saint-Malo where he crosses paths with Marie-Laure.
Doerr's descriptions are vivid and moving. This book was ten years in the writing. He is based out of Boise, Idaho. Other books by him - About Grace, Four Seasons in Rome, and several story collections.
Interview with Anthony Doerr 3:44
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