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就是生命的奇蹟！
瑪莉蘿兒在六歲的時候失去視力，最喜歡用手指讀著爸爸送的《海底兩萬里》點字書，隨尼莫艦長一同探索新奇的未知世界。瑪莉蘿兒的爸爸在巴黎自然歷史博物館裡工作，保管館內上千把鎖匙。博物館收藏許多奇珍異寶，其中最神祕的一樣寶物，傳說是從上帝手中落入世間的神祕寶石，也是大地女神贈與海神的愛的禮物。據聞只要擁有寶石的人，都能長生不老，但他周圍的人卻會因寶石的詛咒而遭遇不幸。
一九四〇年，德軍攻陷巴黎，瑪莉蘿兒和爸爸被迫走上逃亡之旅。意外拾起神祕寶石的瑪莉蘿兒，生命就此改變。她來到一座面海的美麗碉堡──聖馬洛，寄身叔公的濱海高屋躲避戰火。
眼看德軍節節進攻就要逼近，叔公的閣樓藏放全城的希望──一台機器能將看不見的光和聲音傳達給遠方的人，越過城牆、穿越阻礙，傳達黑暗時代裡最後的希望。為了寄託思念，瑪莉蘿兒夜夜朗讀她最愛的《海底兩萬里》，盼望下落不明的父親能聽見她的聲音。
瑪莉蘿兒的聲音，吸引了德軍男孩韋納的注意，那是他在孤兒院童年時曾在收音機裡聽過、熟悉且懷念的溫柔語調，彷彿一道光芒，開啟他對美好未來的想像，只是戰爭奪去了他們每個人的未來。
瑪莉蘿兒能逃過德軍的追捕嗎？這個神祕的德國男孩，又將如何改變瑪莉蘿兒的命運？
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A magnificent, deeply moving novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France.
This quickly became one of my favourite books right from the beginning. I have never really been into history books, and know the basics but the ironic timing of just finishing The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank - and a couple days later jumping into this book - shed some more light of the time back then during the 1940s during the Nazi Regime. The story line of not only being introduced to this new way of life with very little adjustment period, but also navigating the world as a blind girl - was absolutely mesmerizing. Anthony Doerr put so much detail into life as a blind person, right down to envisioning what colours Marie-Laure sees in her mind as she pictures her own world. Her father dedicated so much time and energy into making her world as accessible for Marie-Laure which absolutely touched my heart. The build up of her uncle who became frozen due to his own past trauma and the way his world slowly opened up because of Marie-Laure was breathtaking.Werner was such a strong character who had such growth through the whole story that I enjoyed the journey of seeing how he and Marie-Laure would eventually cross paths.So many characters played such vital roles in this novel that it had me in the "just one more chapter....." Mindset through almost all of it. Absolutely recommended.
I am angry and sad and ready to scream. This boy holy shit. Like I need to touch some grass because the emotions he pulled out of me? Brooooooo. I have many thoughts about Werner Pfennig. Babe hold my hand cause I am not alright.