Oh my! I can honestly say that I loved this book. Sarah's Key by Tatiana De Rosnay is one of the best books I have read in a long time. I haven't been that horrified or angry while reading a book in a very, very long time. And I consider that a good sign. My eyes teared up a few times as well. If you can be moved to tears, to sorrow, to laugh out loud, to really feel the emotions and connect with a character. Why else would you write? What more could you want from your audience?
The book moves back and forth between Paris, 1942 and Paris, 2002. It tells a story of a Jewish girl and her family rounded up by the French police to be sent to Auschwitz to their deaths. It was such a terrible time for the world and I cannot even begin to imagine what that must have been like for the Jewish families and for any other person alive at that time living with the fear and hatred that covered Europe. In the beginning when the book was still flip-flopping between then and now I closed the cover several times to tell my husband about how horrible the events were. Could you imagine if that happened today? I couldn't fall asleep without thinking about what I had just read. I didn't want to stop reading. Would Sarah escape? Would her brother be safe?
The "now" part of the story tells a tale of an American journalist and her family and French in-laws. She finds out that her in-laws are linked to Sarah's story. Not to mention she has her own imploding marriage and a baby on the way. I really enjoyed reading this book. I loved the historical part of this work of fiction. I like being brought to another time and place and feeling the emotions and understanding the choices people make based on what they know at the time.
So, without going on and on and spoiling it for y'all. I definitely recommend this one. Next up: Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks.
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