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REVIEWS: Sarah's Key
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The Guardian
Seattle PI
Book Companion
Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally
arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel' d'Hiv
roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a
cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be
back within a few hours. Paris, May 2002: On Vel' d'Hiv's 60th
anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an
article about this black day in France's past. Through her
contemporary investigation, she stumbles onto a trail of
long-hidden family secrets that connect her to Sarah. Julia
finds herself compelled to retrace the girl's ordeal, from that
terrible term in the Vel d'Hiv', to the camps, and beyond. As
she probes into Sarah\'s past, she begins to question her own
place in France, and to reevaluate her marriage and her life.
Tatiana de Rosnay offers us a brilliantly subtle, compelling
portrait of France under occupation and reveals the taboos and
silence that surround this painful episode.
Characters: 73. Amazon rating: 4 1/2 stars. Genre: Fiction.
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