I have been haunted by this story ever since I finished reading it on New Year's Eve. At the core of the book is the roundup and deportation of Jewish adults and children in Paris to French concentration camps during World War II. I must admit that I never knew that the horrors of the Holocaust had extended into France. And, when I read de Rosnay's account of the roundup of thousands of French Jews and their children, I cried.
Sarah's Key is a beautifully written book; de Rosnay tells a compelling, yet painful story. She cleverly intertwines the travails of Sarah, a young Jewish girl torn from her family during the roundup, and Julia, an American journalist living in Paris, who investigates this terrible event in French history and finds that it links back to her current life. The book goes back and forth between Sarah's experiences 60 years ago and Julia's life in contemporary times.
I was given Sarah's Key as a gift. While my book club has not selected it for discussion, I think it would make a great pick. The paperback version comes with a discussion guide.
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