A young girl and her parents are taken away by French police in July, 1942. The girl hides her four-year-old brother in a secret locked cupboard with the promise that she will be back to get him. She doesn't know that she and thousands of others are being rounded up and sent off to concentration camps by French police.
An American-born journalist, living in Paris with her French husband and daughter, is given the assignment to write about the 60th anniversary of the Vel' d'Hiv', a black eye on the French history of WWII and something of which she has never heard. Her quest for information, explanation and ultimately forgiveness changes her life and the lives around her.
Like Kristin Hannah's Winter Garden, Sarah's Key taught me something new about WWII. As hard as it was to read, I'm glad I did. I'm looking forward to this author's next book.
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