![]() ![]() ![]() It is hard to balance anything against the apocryphal tragedy of the Holocaust. It felt contrived, yet I do understand the author was trying to give some balance to the two storylines. Nor did I think the life/death drama for Julia and her husband-I won’t spoil it for you-was well done. Paris, circa 2002 with a cheating French husband…not so much. Of the two storylines, I was more compelled by the story of Sarah-her struggle to stay alive, cope with her guilt, the loss of her family-those were the plot points that kept me turning the page. The second is 45-year-old Julia Jarmond, living a life perhaps just a tad too cliché’d in Paris, 2002 and on the verge of moving into Sarah’s old apartment. The first is of 10-year-old Sarah, taken from her home in a Vichy round-up of Jews in Paris, 1942. The reader follows two parallel stories that eventually converge. Anything that keeps me up after 11pm had better be a darn good read. But, the film is coming out and I got stuck in over Labor Day-and stayed up until 1am to finish it. Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay was recommended to me a while ago and yet I let it sit on the shelf because, among other reasons, a Holocaust story involving a four-year-old boy (I’m not giving away the plot it is on the blurb) gave me pause: some things I just can’t read. “Sarah’s Key” Kept Me Up Late, But The Ending Left Me Flat ![]()
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