A review by pam_sartain
The Museum of Broken Promises by Elizabeth Buchan
4.0
The Museum of Broken Promises by Elizabeth Buchan is a heart wrenching story set in 1985 in Prague, mid 1990s in Berlin and modern day Paris. You see Prague whilst the Communists are in power, Berlin when post the different sides are making peace after the Berlin Wall coming down.
Laure is the central character whom we follow to each of these places. It is in Prague that she falls in love, and in Paris that she is the chief curator of the Museum of Broken Promises, with different things that have been donated, such as a baby's shoe, and a train ticket.
This is a look at a dark period of history, behind the Iron Curtain, and shows how dangerous life was. The story is well told, leading through revelations, and moments of clarity, whilst showing so much emotion.
The Museum of Broken Promises was published on 5th September 2019, and is available from Amazon , Waterstones and Bookshop.org .
You can follow Elizabeth Buchan on Twitter , Facebook and her website .
I have also read Two Women in Rome by Elizabeth Buchan, and you can read my review here .
I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Atlantic Books .
Laure is the central character whom we follow to each of these places. It is in Prague that she falls in love, and in Paris that she is the chief curator of the Museum of Broken Promises, with different things that have been donated, such as a baby's shoe, and a train ticket.
This is a look at a dark period of history, behind the Iron Curtain, and shows how dangerous life was. The story is well told, leading through revelations, and moments of clarity, whilst showing so much emotion.
The Museum of Broken Promises was published on 5th September 2019, and is available from Amazon , Waterstones and Bookshop.org .
You can follow Elizabeth Buchan on Twitter , Facebook and her website .
I have also read Two Women in Rome by Elizabeth Buchan, and you can read my review here .
I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Atlantic Books .