John Boynes acclaimed quartet THE ELEMENTS is available for preorder now.Beautifully told and gripping from first page to last Sunday ExpressAn incredible feat of storytelling. and an oldfashioned pageturner Donal RyanGripping and wellhoned.consummately constructed humming with tension GuardianYou cant prepare yourself for the magnitude and emotional impact of this powerful novel John IrvingFrom the author of the globally bestselling multimillioncopy classic The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas comes its astonishing and powerful sequel.Gretel Fernsby is a quiet woman leading a quiet life. She doesnt talk about her escape from Germany seventy years ago or the dark postwar years in France with her mother.