I started reading Sarah's Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay, and then I didn't want to put it down. When the French police knock on Sarah's family's door in Paris in 1942, she hides her little brother in the closet, locks the door and puts the key in her pocket ...
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Sarah thinks they will come back later, but instead they are taken to the Vel´d´hiv sports centre with thousands of other Jews and locked up. Days pass as Sarah fingers the key in her pocket with increasing desperation.
Vel´d´hiv raid
Alongside Sarah's story is that of Julia Jarmond, a French-American journalist, who 60 years later writes a report on the Vel´d´hiv raid - an episode in history that the French seem to want to forget. Julia's investigations reveal secrets and tear open wounds that have consequences for her personal life as well. The story of Sarah is fictional, but the raid in Paris in July 1942 is unfortunately not.
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agnes in Lund says:
So good that you reminded me! I have wanted to read it for a long time.
18 November 2011 - 20:22
Leena says:
Sounds like a book you should read....I think I'll ask for it as a Christmas present.
18 November 2011 - 23:20
Marina says:
Thanks for the tip! I will definitely put it on my "to read" list.
19 November 2011 - 4:11
Lena & Jan says:
I shudder, horrible memories too many people carry...
19 November 2011 - 18:15
admin says:
Lena & Jan, yes, it is difficult to understand that some things in history have really happened... for real. It says something about us humans. It is so important not to forget.
19 November 2011 - 20:53
Britt says:
Sounds like a book I want to read. Probably want it for Christmas too.
19 November 2011 - 23:44
The abbess in China says:
I wanted that book as a Christmas present from my mum and dad. Here you are starved of Swedish books!
22 November 2011 - 3:30