With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. “ Marie-Laure lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where her father works. The book has won several accolades such as Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2015), Audie Award for Fiction (2015), ALA Alex Award (2015), Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction (Runner-Up) (2015), Ohioana Book Award for Fiction (2015) Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction (2015), Idaho Book of the Year Award (2014), National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (2014), Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction (2014) and Nominee for Best of the Best (2018), International DUBLIN Literary Award Nominee (2016) The Blurb However, I could not get to reading it for about 5 months! This was one book that I knew I had to read before the year ended and I’m glad that I did. I received this book as a part of my birthday book mail from the #bookdivas and I absolutely loved it.
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