Por exemplo, só ele é capaz de nos surpreender com um sorriso capaz de pingar sacanice (“Um sorriso que escorria sacanice. His breakthrough of the book came when he first decided to quit the book—wherein he realised that he would not have been happy if he had done so, and "just had to finish it". Loss and love are the major themes, giving families much to discuss about the different ways people handle grief and tough times. I struggled with the first 50 pages or so and then suddenly it was 3 am and I was sobbing and my eyes were red and puffy. That being said; I think you’d be doing yourself a great disservice by not at least giving it a try, whether you liked The Book Thief or not.

She meets Clay when her family moves to the city for her apprenticeship, and the two quickly become inseparable. There were times this book really spoke to me, but then would follow a really long chapter focused on horse racing and I felt my attention waning.That's all I can say about it for now—not out of secrecy, but you just don't know what direction a book is going to take, no matter how well you've planned. That Zusak has spent so long working on the novel is a testament to his determination, as well as his faith that Bridge of Clay is a story worth telling. Working with Zusak throughout the creation of BRIDGE OF CLAY was his editor, Erin Clarke, who says, “Markus is one of the kindest and most generous people I know.

Clay builds the bridge and it’s made of him, but so much of him is made of his mother’s and father’s stories. In an act viewed as betrayal, Clay leaves school and moves out to his father’s house to assist with the bridge-building process. After months in refugee camps, she is sent to Australia, where she learns English and becomes a cleaner. Her father arranges for her escape from communism without her knowledge, making her a refugee in Austria at the age of 18.The Dunbar boys live in a suburb of Sydney, in a house of mayhem and madness that only five young boys can cause. Whilst Matthew insists this is Clay’s story it is in fact a story of the Dunbar family and how they came to be. Bridge of Clay, in other words, requires a patience and concentration perhaps at odds with its easy narrative voice. This is a story of love, heartbreak, togetherness, family, despair, life, death, forgiveness and reconciliation. The novel is best when it's tackling issues of loss, memory, and how grief is different for everybody, even within the same family.