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Bureau of Unknown Fates
A heartbreaking novel about WWII's forgotten objects and the lives they hold
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<p><b>'Gripping, poetic' Gwen Strauss, author of The Nine</b><br><br><b>'An unforgettable read' </b><b>Tatiana de Rosnay, author of Sarah's Key</b><br><i><br>Sometimes when you are looking for the dead, you find the living.<br></i><br>When Irène joins the International Tracing Service, she becomes consumed by a singular obsession: returning the belongings confiscated from concentration camp prisoners to their families.<br><br>A faded cloth doll. A medallion. An embroidered handkerchief. Each object holds a story - and behind each one, a life waiting to be pieced back together.<br><br>As Irène traces the owners through fragments of evidence, she reconstructs their final days and discovers that even in the darkest chapter of history, humanity endured.<br><br>The Bureau of Unknown Fates is a devastating and beautiful novel about history, memory and survival as one woman helps connect families across generations to the ones they have lost.<br><br><u>Winner of the 2023 Grand Prix RTL-Lire Fiction Award</u></p>
<p><b>'Gripping, poetic' Gwen Strauss, author of The Nine</b><br><br><b>'An unforgettable read' </b><b>Tatiana de Rosnay, author of Sarah's Key</b><br><i><br>Sometimes when you are looking for the dead, you find the living.<br></i><br>When Irène joins the International Tracing Service, she becomes consumed by a singular obsession: returning the belongings confiscated from concentration camp prisoners to their families.<br><br>A faded cloth doll. A medallion. An embroidered handkerchief. Each object holds a story - and behind each one, a life waiting to be pieced back together.<br><br>As Irène traces the owners through fragments of evidence, she reconstructs their final days and discovers that even in the darkest chapter of history, humanity endured.<br><br>The Bureau of Unknown Fates is a devastating and beautiful novel about history, memory and survival as one woman helps connect families across generations to the ones they have lost.<br><br><u>Winner of the 2023 Grand Prix RTL-Lire Fiction Award</u></p>