All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Marie-Laure LeBlanc is blind and lives with her father, the Master of Locks at the Museum of Natural History in Paris. When the Nazis invade, they flee to the coast, carrying a dangerous secret.

Werner Pfennig is an orphan who wins a place at a brutal military academy. But on joining the army, he grows ever more aware that his way out of obscurity is built on suffering.

In a walled city by the sea an old man with a radio set creates new worlds without ever setting foot outside. And yet, impending danger will not allow him to remain shut in for ever.

Doerr's combination of soaring imaginaiton and meticulous observation is electric. All The Light We Cannot See is a captivating tale of courage and sacrifice and of how, against all odds, people try to be good to one another.