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Sarah's Key
A journalist in Paris uncovers the story of a girl caught in the 1942 roundup
2006Steady paceMelancholic
Paris, 1942, and a secret that comes to light
Tatiana de Rosnay's novel alternates between two timelines. In 1942, ten-year-old Sarah is taken with her family in the Vel' d'Hiv roundup in Paris. In 2002, American journalist Julia Jarmond, working on an article about the event, begins to follow Sarah's story.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who enjoy stories set firmly in a real time and place.
More about this book
Who
Sarah, a Jewish girl in 1942, and Julia, a journalist in 2002.
World
Paris, in 1942 and in the early 2000s.
What makes it different
It tells a historical event through two timelines that slowly come together.
Feel
Moving and sombre.
Facts
Genre
Historical Fiction · World War II · Paris · Memory
Length
356 pages · ≈ 10 h
About the author
Tatiana de Rosnay1 book on Tori BooksTatiana de Rosnay is a French-British writer, best known for Sarah's Key.Also in the collection: Best World War II Fiction
The Nightingale
Lilac Girls
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The Book Thief
Suite Française
The Invisible Bridge
All the Light We Cannot See
Fugitive Pieces
Sophie's Choice
The Winds of War