Thanks for a great get together again. We had the best time discussing ideas and laughing and remembering our high school days. Star Girl was a great book to read because we all can’t be popular but we all can be ourselves and stay true to our values. Thanks Tansy and congratulations!!!!!!
Our next book club meeting will be hosted by Beth Adkins on Wednesday April 2 at 7pm. Her book pick is:
A review on Goodreads says: Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel' d'Hiv' roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours.
Paris, May 2002: On Vel' d'Hiv's 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in France's past. Through her contemporary investigation, she stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that connect her to Sarah. Julia finds herself compelled to retrace the girl's ordeal, from that terrible term in the Vel d'Hiv', to the camps, and beyond. As she probes into Sarah's past, she begins to question her own place in France, and to reevaluate her marriage and her life.
A Goodreads reader says: I finished "Sarah's Key" this morning and I have so many thoughts going through my head about it. I loved the pacing of the story, how it switched between Sarah's story and Julia's story up until the point where the two merged. I loved how the style of Sarah's story was completely different than the style of Julia's story. I loved how both stories made me cry, even though I knew what was coming. I loved how realistically the characters were portrayed. Nobody was all good or all bad, just human with human frailties. I loved the depictions of the small acts of conscience and kindness. I had no idea about the roundups of Jews in France. I did know that the Nazis tended to just send children who were too young to work straight to the gas chambers. I think the author did a good job of illustrating why the French people seemed to forget what had happened and how the Holocaust indirectly affected them. I hope writers continue writing stories like "Sarah's Key" that bring the atrocities of the Holocaust to light so we can learn and not repeat those mistakes.
In May we will be reading Heaven is Here: An Incredible Story of Hope, Triumph and Everyday Joy by Stephanie Nielson
Just a reminder about the blog that Debbie recommended. Its called The Moments We Stand and can be found at themomentswestand.blogspot.com
Happy reading and see you next month!
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