Sarah's Key

The Multi-Million Copy International Bestseller Released in 2010 as a major motion picture starring Kristin Scott Thomas; Sarah's Key is perfect for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and All the Light We Cannot See. 'A remarkable novel. Like Sophie's Choice; it's a book that impresses itself upon one's heart and soul forever' Naomi Ragen; author of The Saturday Wife Paris; July 1942. Sarah; a ten-year-old Jewish girl; is arrested by the French police in the middle of the night; along with her mother and father. Desperate to protect her younger brother; she locks him in a cupboard and promises to come back for him as soon as she can. Paris; May 2002. Julia Jarmond; an American journalist; is asked to write about the 60th anniversary of the Vel' d'Hiv' roundup - the infamous day in 1942 when French police rounded up thousands of Jewish men; women and children; in order to send them to concentration camps. Sarah's Key is the poignant story of two families; forever linked and haunted by one of the darkest days in France's past. In this emotionally intense; page-turning novel; Tatiana de Rosnay reveals the guilt brought on by long-buried secrets and the damage that the truth can inflict when they finally come unravelled.