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Paris July Sarah a ten year-old girl is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel dHiv roundup but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the familys apartment thinking that she will be back within a few hoursParis May On Vel dHivs th anniversary journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in Frances past Through her contemporary investigation she stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that connect her tonbspSarah Julia finds herself compelled to retrace the girls ordeal from that terrible term in the Vel dHiv to the camps and beyond As she probes into Sarahs past she begins tonbspquestion her own place in France and to reevaluate her marriage and her life Tatiana de Rosnay offers us a brilliantly subtle compelling portrait of France under occupation and reveals the taboos and silence that surround this painful episode.
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Tatiana de Rosnay
Hello ! My new book," The Rain Watcher" will be published in the USA by St. Martin's Press in October 2018.It's my first new novel in four years !"The Rain Watcher is a powerful family drama set in Paris as the Malegarde family gathers to celebrate the father's 70th birthday. Their hidden fears and secrets are slowly unraveled as the City of Light undergoes a stunning natural disaster. Seen through the eyes of charismatic photographer Linden Malegarde, the youngest son, all members of the family will have to fight to keep their unity against tragic circumstances.In this profound and intense novel of love and redemption, De Rosnay demonstrates all of her writer's skills both as an incredible storyteller but also as a soul seeker."I am a Franco-British author, of English, French and Russian descent. My books include MANDERLEY FOREVER, SARAH'S KEY, A SECRET KEPT, THE HOUSE I LOVED, THE OTHER STORY and A PARIS AFFAIR.I can also be found on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tatianaderosnay, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/tatianaderosnay, and now on Instagram at https://instagram.com/tatianaderosnay/. Please visit my website for more information: http://www.tatianaderosnay.com/
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