Next Up: The Postmistress

We've selected Sarah Blake's The Postmistress for our September/October Literary Wives read. Buffy suggested it, noting that Kathryn Stockett, author of The Help, highly recommended it. It will interesting to read a story set in World War II and continue with our theme of female main characters.

Sarah's Key

Again, I'm grossly overdue on updating this blog. But better late than never...

For our July/August reading, we read Sarah's Key. Although we didn't really get to discuss it fully because we chose to go see The Help at our last meeting, I think it was a book that captured everyone's attention.

Like several other books we have read as a book club, Sarah's Key has been made into a movie. It has not been widely released so we may have to wait for Netflix to pick it up. Just watching the trailer (available on the IMDB site) reminded me what a powerful story this was.

If you would like more information about the Vel d'Hiv round-up of French Jews, there are several items online. At quick glance:

• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vel%27_d%27Hiv_Roundup
• Article from Time magazine: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1880118,00.html