All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

“Even in darkness it is possible to create light” Elie Wiesel

“Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light” Meister Johann Eckhart

If it’s possible for a book to actually exude light, then Doerr's novel does just that.

Set in Europe during WWII, the book follows the lives of two children, Marie and Werner.

Marie, a young French girl who goes blind at 6 years old loses the light in her world both physically and metaphorically. We follow her journey from Paris to Saint-Malo as the war swirls around her.

Werner is a young German orphan boy with a remarkable talent for fixing radios. It is this talent that will lift him out of the orphanage and set him on a path he could never foresee. In chasing the light of his dream, Werner will instead be thrust into the darkest of places.

As they grow up amidst the turmoil and uncertainty of war, Marie and Werner  become both hero and victim, connected to each other in a way neither of them could have predicted.

This is a book to read slowly and savor, for within its pages Doerr has created magic.

Ultimately it is a book you will remember for all the light you CAN see.