Anthony Doerr
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English
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"From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six,...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of perhaps the most bestselling and beloved literary fiction of our time comes a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring novel about children on the cusp of adulthood in a broken world, who find resilience, hope, and story. The heroes of Cloud Cuckoo Land are children trying to figure out the world around them, and to survive. In the besieged city of Constantinople in 1453, in a public library in Lakeport,...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Obsessed with the mysteries of weather, David Winkler pursues a career in meteorology and is seemingly the ultimate scientific nerd-except for dreams since childhood that have regularly and accurately portrayed events before they happen, including the sudden death of a stranger and David's first meeting with the love of his life. When a recurring nightmare depicts the drowning of his baby daughter, Grace, the terrified father exiles himself for a...
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Edition
1st Scribner trade pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
210 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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Anthony Doerr recounts the experiences he had while living in Rome for a year, describing how the city influenced his writing, family life, beliefs, and parenting.
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