Sarah’s Key is a historical novel by Tatiana de Rosnay, set between Paris in July 1942 and a later investigation into one of the darkest chapters of French wartime history. Ten-year-old Sarah is arrested with her parents during the Vel’ d’Hiv roundup, and in a desperate attempt to protect her younger brother, she locks him in their secret hiding place and promises to return. Decades later, journalist Julia Jarmond begins researching the roundup and uncovers a story that connects private memory, family silence and national responsibility. The novel moves between Holocaust fiction, historical mystery and emotional family drama, asking how events deliberately buried by history can continue to shape lives long after the people involved have tried to move on.
Author: Tatiana de Rosnay
Publisher: John Murray
Publication year: 2008
Pages: 304