Sarah's key
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:...
| Main Author: | Rosnay, Tatiana de, 1961- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
St. Martin's Griffin,
c2010.
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| Edition: | Move tie-in edition. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
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. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes readers' guide and excerpts of "A secret kept". "p. 184 and 184 contain excerpts of prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin's speech during the 60th commemoration of the Vel' d"Hiv" roundup, on July 21, 2002" -- verso of t.p. |
| Physical Description: |
316 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781250004345 (pbk.) 1250004349 (pbk.) |
| Author Notes: |
Tatiana was raised in Paris and then in Boston. She moved to England in the early 80's and obtained a Bachelor's degree in English literature at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich. When she returned to Paris, Tatiana became press attaché for Christie's and then Paris Editor for Vanity Fair magazine till 1993. Since 1992, Tatiana has published eight novels in France. Sarah's Key, her first novel written in English, sold over 400,000 copies worldwide. Her novels also include A Secret Kept and The House I loved. Tatiana works as a journalist for French ELLE and is literary critic for Psychologies Magazine and the Journal du Dimanche. In 2014 her title, The Other Story, made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) |