Hey ya'll and happy Friday! Today, like every Friday, I'm linking up with Heather & Katie for Book Club Friday!
Today I'm sharing "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana DeRosnay
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Description via Goodreads:
"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."
Sarah's Key was an extremely sad book, but also very moving at the same time. I have a love of history and a slight fascination with the Holocaust and this book was both of these rolled into one. I just don't understand how a nation subjected Jewish people to this amount of prejudice and cruelty. It's awful. But besides all that, I loved the book despite how sad it was. If you like historical fiction then I suggest you give this book a try!
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Good to plan to read it this summer!
Ok, that comment made no sense...what I thought I wrote was "Good to know! I plan to read it this summer!" :)
I read it a couple years ago and just loved it. It's so sad, but like you, I have a fascination with that whole era. I don't have the nerve to watch the movie yet though!
I've seen this book a million times and never picked it up. I guess I should stop judging a book by its title/cover because this sounds interesting.
This book sounds so interesting and like something that I would really enjoy reading. Thanks for sharing!
I read this book and LOVED IT!
exactly how i felt about this book,loved it!! the movie was pretty good too :)
happy friday!
Oh I loved this book!! Good choice!
I loved this book! I never knew that so much went on in France during the Holocaust.
I really enjoyed the way the first part of the book was told from a ten year-old's point of view. The movie is next on my netflix queue!
I was wondering whether you would be happy to put up a link in my monthly series called “Books You Love”. The idea is for people to link up posts about a book they loved – it doesn’t have to be one they just posted about. It could be an old fave. I am hoping we will end up with a nice collection of books that can go on our reading lists. Here is the link Books You Loved June Edition
I read this too! You're right-- it was so, so sad. But a great book.
I read this book a few years ago and really liked it. I watched the movie about a month ago and I only got through the tough parts because I knew what would happen. It's on Netflix if you decide you want to watch it.
This book definitely left an impression with me. I feel like it's the type of book where you can't really saw you enjoyed it, but it's definitely one you can't forget.
My friend had said it was a pretty heavy topic and it was sad, but it was a good book. I still need to read it.
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