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Sarah's Key

Sarah's Key

Previous price: $19.00 Current price: $17.99
Publication Date: September 30th, 2008
Publisher:
St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN:
9780312370848
Pages:
336
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Staff Reviews

Such a beautifully written yet heartbreaking story. Set in two time-lines, the first being of young Sarah in WW2 era France, and the second being modern day Julia. The story intertwines both Sarah's and Julia's stories, which are both moving and heartbreaking. Sarah and her family are arrested by Nazi's and taken away from their home, but only for a few hours they are told. Sarah locks her younger brother in a secret cupboard in her bedroom to keep him safe. She promises to return soon and let him out. Julia is a reporter and writing a story on the anniverary on the arrests of french citizens and their eventual turn-over to german nazi's and concentration camps. Sarah will do anything to get back to her bedroom to let her brother out of the cupboard, and Julia will do anything to find out the details of Sarah's story and what eventually happened to her. Disclaimer, this book WILL make you shed quite a few tears.

— Alysha L.

Sarah's Key is told from both the perspective of an 10-year-old girl whose family is rounded up during the Vel D'Hiv in France in 1942 and an American who presently lives in Paris. The heartbreak is real, the love is true, and the need to find out how their two lives are connected made this one of my absolute favorites!

Sarah Galvin, The Bookstore Plus, Lake Placid, NY
October 2008 Indie Next List

Sarah's Key is told from both the perspective of an 10-year-old girl whose family is rounded up during the Vel D'Hiv in France in 1942 and an American who presently lives in Paris. The heartbreak is real, the love is true, and the need to find out how their two lives are connected made this one of my absolute favorites!

Sarah Galvin, The Bookstore Plus, Lake Placid, NY
Indie Next List Highlights 2008

Sarah's Key is the story of Sarah, a 12-year-old girl swept up by the police in the Vel D'Hiv roundup in occupied France, and of journalist Julia Jarmond, who is writing about the event 60 years later. This hauntingly powerful story will remain with you long after the last page is turned.

Linda Walonen, Bay Books, San Ramon, CA
Spring/Summer '09 Reading Group List

This emotionally intense story of a young girl who is caught up in a roundup of Jewish families in Paris during World War II is a powerful selection for reading groups.

Sandy Palmer, Wy'east Book Shoppe & Art Gallery, Welches, OR
Fall '09/Winter '10 Reading Group List

Description

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.

About the Author

Tatiana de Rosnay is the author of over ten novels, including the New York Times bestseller Sarah's Key, an international sensation with over 11 million copies in 44 countries worldwide. Together with Dan Brown, Stephenie Meyer, and Stieg Larsson, she has been named one of the top ten fiction writers in Europe. De Rosnay lives in Paris.

Praise for Sarah's Key

“This is a remarkable historical novel, a book which brings to light a disturbing and deliberately hidden aspect of French behavior towards Jews during World War II. Like Sophie's Choice, it's a book that impresses itself upon one's heart and soul forever.” —Naomi Ragen, author of The Saturday Wife and The Covenant

“Sarah's Key unlocks the star crossed, heart thumping story of an American journalist in Paris and the 60-year-old secret that could destroy her marriage. This book will stay on your mind long after it's back on the shelf.” —Risa Miller, author of Welcome to Heavenly Heights