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The Toymaker

by Liam Pieper
The Toymaker
The Toymaker

Secrets interweaving past atrocities and present facades.

"The Toymaker" delves into the complexity of family legacies and the weight of secrets across generations. It's a poignant tale that not only provides gripping historical context but also examines the moral ambiguities of modern wealth and relationships. You might find it a profound narrative that challenges what we inherit from our ancestors and how we navigate the present with that knowledge.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Toymaker

by Liam Pieper
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ISBN: 9780143784623
Authors: Liam Pieper
Publisher: Penguin Australia
Date of Publication: 2017-09-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: World War II, War
Goodreads rating: 3.68
(rated by 1423 readers)

Description

A person is defined by the secrets they keep. Adam Kulakov likes his life. He’s on the right side of middle age; the toy company he owns brightens the lives of children around the world; and he has more money than he can ever spend, a wife and child he adores, and as many mistresses as he can reasonably hide from them. He is not the only one with secrets. In 1944, Adam’s grandfather, Arkady, was imprisoned in Auschwitz and given an impossible choice. Now, as he’s coming to the end of his life, he has to keep the truth from his family, and hold back the crushing memories of his time with one of history’s greatest monsters. As a mistake threatens to bring Adam’s world tumbling down around him, the past reaches for Arkady. Everything he’s spent a lifetime building will be threatened, as will everything Adam and his family think they know of the world. Bold, dark, and compelling, The Toymaker is a novel about privilege, fear, and the great harm we can do when we are afraid of losing what we hold dear.
 

Secrets interweaving past atrocities and present facades.

"The Toymaker" delves into the complexity of family legacies and the weight of secrets across generations. It's a poignant tale that not only provides gripping historical context but also examines the moral ambiguities of modern wealth and relationships. You might find it a profound narrative that challenges what we inherit from our ancestors and how we navigate the present with that knowledge.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.