Yesterday, I told you a little bit about this book.
Sarah’s Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay
I told you how sad it made me. But I realized that I may have discouraged you from reading it. Please do read it. It opened my eyes (my tear-filled eyes) to something I needed to know about. The events described in the book are not well known. The French police rounded up thousands of French Jews and sent them to concentration camps. We never hear this side of the story-the cruelties done by a country other than Germany- but it needs to be heard. The victims’ stories need to be told and we need to know them.
Sarah’s Key tells a fictional story of a Jewish girl and her family taken by French police in 1942. While the story of the family is fiction, it tells of real events. At the same time, de Rosnay weaves the story of a modern day American woman living in France who discovers the events of 1942. De Rosnay effectively makes you understand the past emotions of the Jewish victims while also telling a modern day story. Both stories are interesting. Both are page turners. And they are both wrapped up in one little book.
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If you have the book can I borrow it in April? Sounds very interesting. Bring it with you.