Sarah's Key

To answer Mom's question, I sent invites to everyone and Mom and Phoebe have not yet responded. I will send you a second invite and you can join when you have time.

So the first book will be Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. From Publishers Weekly: "De Rosnay's U.S. debut fictionalizes the 1942 Paris roundups and deportations, in which thousands of Jewish families were arrested, held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver outside the city, then transported to Auschwitz." An American reporter living in Paris and working for an American magazine is assigned to write about the anniversary of the Vél' d'Hiv' roundups. She discovers that the former occupants of the apartment she is moving into were Jews kicked out at the time of the roundups (at which time the apartment was acquired by her husband's family).

My last question is, is a month enough time for you to read it, or would you rather have more time since we also need time to post/comment? If a month is good, then we can start in November and Mom can review it (I am volunteering you, Mom) at the end of November or beginning of December and we can discuss.


By the way, if you don't want to lead the discussion then I can do it. I just figured I'd let The Matriarch start and we can go from there.


Phoebe, I also want to read Finn; maybe that can be our second book. Matt recently re-read Huck Finn and sparked my interest.