Sarah’s Key – August CC Summer Book Selection

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<p>Welcome to CC summer reading, Part III!</p>

<p>The August selection is Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay. </p>

<p>This post is an open invitation to anyone who has read or intends to read the book, and is interested in discussing it. Please join us!</p>

<p>As with the June and July selections, we will not begin discussing the book until the 15th of the month. There are no rules for our online chat, just a request that no “spoiler” plot developments be revealed before August 15th, as a kindness to those who are still mid-read.</p>

<p>If you are interested in how this summer book group got started, see <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/722148-one-book-one-cc.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/722148-one-book-one-cc.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

<p>If you are just now catching up on your summer reading and want to check out our June discussion of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, see <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/722812-cc-june-summer-book-club-selection.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/722812-cc-june-summer-book-club-selection.html&lt;/a&gt;. Our July discussion of Dreamers of the Day can be found here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/739173-dreamers-day-july-cc-summer-book-selection.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/739173-dreamers-day-july-cc-summer-book-selection.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I hope everyone enjoys Sarah’s Key. See you on the 15th!</p>

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<p>Just finished reading Sarah’s Key. I hope others are reading it too. See you on the 15th!</p>

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<p>see you on the 15th…i finished sarah’s key several weeks ago and recommend it to friends.</p>

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<p>I got that book a while ago and now I have a great reason to read it. See you on the 15th!</p>

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<p>I’ll be away the middle of the month, but just wanted to say I loved this book. Thanks so much for choosing it as I might not have found it otherwise.</p>

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<p>Same here. I will be away on vacation from the 15th to the 23rd without internet access for most of it - Yay!! I am sad that I will miss what I expect to be a fantastic discussion but will catch up when I get back.</p>

<p>BTW - if anyone needs a copy you can get it at Target for $11.80.</p>

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<p>I’m in, although I will also be traveling and might have spotty internet connections.</p>

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<p>I have liked all our selections so far- see you on the 15th</p>

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<p>I’ve been away (not away away, just away from CC), didn’t know about this – great idea!</p>

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<p>I loved this book too. Looking forward to the discussion, although I will be on vacation!</p>

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<p>I loved this book too. Have we already decided upon a September book??? I just finished The Thirteenth Tale and it was amazing!</p>

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<p>I have already read the book but my IRL book club is also reading Sarah’s Key for August so I am planning on rereading it so I can participate in the conversation. I am away on the 15th but will look forward to seeing what everyone has to say when I get back.</p>

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<p>I read the book some time ago, and will be very interested to hear what people thought of it.</p>

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<p>Just received my Kindle today and this was the first book I ordered. Will be reading like crazy over the next couple of days …</p>

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<p>I also read Sarah’s Key earlier this summer and I will be curious to see what others think, although I will be away on vacation a good part of the rest of the month. Our local Borders Express closed in May and it was on the Staff Picks table. Everything in the store was 40% off and so I picked it up without having heard anything about it.</p>

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<p>I just finished the book today. It’s a hard one to put down. CBBBlinker, I think you’ll move through it quickly.</p>

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<p>^^^ Yup, I’m almost finished with it. Much faster reading than “Howard’s End,” which I just read for a RL book club.</p>

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<p>I think I may have recommended Sarah’s Key in the ‘favorite book’ thread several weeks ago. I enjoyed it a lot and would not be surprised if it is made into a film someday. Not sure how much I’ll be around next week but I do look forward to hearing what others think of it.</p>

<p>seiclan, The Thirteenth Tale is one of my favorite books, and another that I think I’ve recommended on CC previously! :)</p>

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<p>So…what did everyone think of Sarah’s Key? Here is a reading guide, in case we want some structure in our discussion:</p>

<p>[ReadingGroupGuides.com</a> - Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay](<a href=“http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides_s/sarahs_key1.asp]ReadingGroupGuides.com”>http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides_s/sarahs_key1.asp)</p>

<p>I am going to jump right in and start with a spoiler, so if you haven’t finished the book, don’t read any more of my post.</p>

<p>When I got to page 8, and read “She closed the door on the little white face, turned the key in the lock,” I looked up at my daughter (who had already read the book) and said, “Don’t tell me that little boy is going to die a horrible death in the cupboard, because if that’s the case, I am going to close this book and not read another word.” I knew the answer by the look on her face, but she convinced me that I had to read on, and I did. </p>

<p>I’m glad I read the book, but that central story, and the scene where she returns to the apartment, is so terrible, terrible, terrible…</p>

<p>Did any of you know instantly that the outcome would be tragic, or did you hold out hope that Sarah’s brother would somehow be saved?</p>

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<p>No, I also figured that her brother was going to die. But I also thought the family would all end up in a death camp where (obviously) the daughter would live. Although it was no doubt horrible to die in the closet, it is not much worse than what a young child would have faced in the death camps. It is actually pretty much what he would have faced in addition to some beatings or other horrible things.</p>