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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, she goes blind, and her father builds her a model of their neighborhood, every house, every man...
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Scribner,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First Scribner hardcover edition. |
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| Summary: |
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, she goes blind, and her father builds her a model of their neighborhood, every house, every manhole, so she can memorize it with her fingers and navigate the real streets with her feet and cane. When the Germans occupy Paris, father and daughter flee to Saint-Malo on the Brittany coast, where Marie-Laure's agoraphobic great uncle lives in a tall, narrow house by the sea wall. In another world in Germany, an orphan boy, Werner, grows up with his younger sister ... |
| Carrier Form: | 531 pages ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781476746586 (hardback) : 1476746583 (hardback) 9781476746593 (paperback) 1476746591 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | PS3604 |
| CLC: | I712.45 |
| Call Number: | I712.45/D652-1 |