Beth El North Westchester

Sarah's Key is a dual-story told from both 1942 and 2002. The novel begins in July 1942, when Sarah, a ten-year-old Jewish girl is arrested in Paris with her parents during the Vel' d Hiv' roundup. Her story is alternated with the story of Julia Jarmond, an American journalist who lives in Paris and is assigned to write an article for the sixtieth anniversary of the roundup. Although she has lived in Paris for more than twenty years, Julia knows nothing of the roundup and finds that many Parisians are just as ignorant (or is it indifferent?). As the story continues, Julia discovers the horrible details of both the roundup as well as the fate of young Sarah and her family.