All The Light We Cannot See Summary

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The novel All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr was published in 2014. It takes place in World War II and is about the lives of the main characters, Marie-Laure LeBlanc and Werner Pfennig, coming together. At the beginning of the book Marie-Laure lives in Paris with her dad, Daniel LeBlanc. Her dad is the locksmith at a museum, and he is in charge of taking care of, The Sea of Flames, a special diamond with a curse. It gives whoever possesses it immortality but gives their loved ones misfortune. At the age of six, Marie-Laure becomes blind and her dad makes a miniature replica of their neighborhood so she can learn how to get around. While all of this happens Werner is also introduced. He is a young German boy who is an orphan. He grows

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