Sarahs 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 familys 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 Frances 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 girls ordeal, from that terrible term in the Vel dHiv, to the camps, and beyond. As she probes into Sarahs past, she begins to question her own place in France, and to reevaluate her marriage and her life.

Categories: Contemporary Fiction