An adult book! Woo hoo! This book takes a serious look at the French responsibility during WWII for the deportation and round-up of thousands of French Jews. It follows the heartbreaking story of Sarah, a young girl who survived the round-up and a modern-day American living in France with her French husband.
The story here is really touching and heartbreaking, but I have a problem with the execution. The author bounced between Sarah and Julia's story, which I really enjoyed because it gave my emotions a break every so often from the horror of what Sarah survived. But I feel like I needed more towards the end. I don't know if it was Julia's story that was lacking or if I've been reading too many stories where the character development is super strong...
I would recommend this book for knowledge. I think that it's very important that I learned what the French did to Jews during WWII. Before this, I had gotten a rosy picture of French people either hiding Jews or supporting them silently for fear of retribution...this book paints another picture.
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