Sarah's Key - by Tatiana De Rosnay
I came across this book in the summer, read the back cover on-line and it gave me shivers. I immediately said - there is no way I can read that book. But I was fascinated, I kept coming back to it.
Finally I gave in an picked it up.
It took me a while to get to it (shivers still), but WOW, am I glad I finally read it.
This is a wonderful, amazing book.
Incredibly sad considering the content, but so well written, so well told.
I really liked this book.
On the back cover:
Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten-year-old girl is taken with her parents by the French police as they go door-to-door arresting Jewish families in the middle of the night. Desperate to protect her younger brother, Sarah locks him in a bedroom cupboard - their secret hiding place - and promises to come back for him as soon as they are released.
Sixty Years Later: Sarah's story intertwines with that of Julia Jarmond, an American journalist investigating the roundup. In her research, Julia stumbles onto a trail of secrets that link her to Sarah, and to questions about her own romantic future.
My rating: 4 1/2 our of 5.
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