This is Elizabeth Buchan at her most descriptive. I could smell the air in modern Paris; feel the desolation and oppression of 1985 Communist Prague.
Every item in the Museum has a heart wrenching story behind it, from the tooth of a child who had been abandoned by his father, to the clothes worn by a baby who had only been alive for a matter of days, to a marionette used by the curator's lover to perform subversive plays in Prague.
An incredibly moving and bittersweet story. I didn't think it would be my cup of tea at first, but once I started reading I quickly became drawn into the story as it wove between modern Paris and 1985 Prague. A very worthwhile read, as per usual from Elizabeth Buchan.
Every item in the Museum has a heart wrenching story behind it, from the tooth of a child who had been abandoned by his father, to the clothes worn by a baby who had only been alive for a matter of days, to a marionette used by the curator's lover to perform subversive plays in Prague.
An incredibly moving and bittersweet story. I didn't think it would be my cup of tea at first, but once I started reading I quickly became drawn into the story as it wove between modern Paris and 1985 Prague. A very worthwhile read, as per usual from Elizabeth Buchan.