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Low Vision Book Group
Tuesday, May 11, 2021, 12 – 1 p.m.
Low Vision Book Group
WhereOnline
AddressTo register for this event, please contact LEAP.
AudienceAdults, LEAP
LanguageEnglish
SummaryJoin The Seattle Public Library's Low Vision Book Group for a discussion of All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr.
DescriptionMarie 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, Jutta, both enchanted by a crude radio Werner finds. He becomes a master at building and fixing radios, a talent that wins him a place at an elite and brutal military academy and, ultimately, makes him a highly specialized tracker of the Resistance. Werner travels through the heart of Hitler Youth to the far-flung outskirts of Russia, and finally into Saint-Malo, where his path converges with Marie-Laure.

This event is hosted via conference call. To receive access to this call, please contact LEAP.
 
View in CatalogAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
ADA AccommodationsWe can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs.
Event InformationFor registration information and other questions please contact the Library Equal Access Program at leap@spl.org
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