All the light we can't see

Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
National Book Award Finalist
New York Times Bestseller
Carnegie Medal for Fiction Winner
A stunningly beautiful and ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths cross in occupied France as they both try to survive the devastation of World War II.

Marie-Laure has been blind since the age of six. Her father builds a perfect miniature model of their Parisian neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. But when the Nazis invade, father and daughter escape with a dangerous secret.

Werner, a German orphan, is destined to work in the same mine that killed his father, until he discovers a talent for engineering. His talent qualifies him for a harsh military academy, but his path out of obscurity is built on suffering. Meanwhile, in a walled city by the sea, an old man discovers new worlds without ever setting foot in his own home. But all around him, imminent danger lurks. Doerr's blend of exuberant imagination and keen observation is deeply moving. As Europe immerses itself in war and lives unexpectedly collide, "All the Light We Cannot See" is a gripping, devastating elegy to innocence.