"There was no other name my daughter could have had. She was Sarah. My Sarah. An echo to the other one, to the other Sarah, to the little girl with the yellow star who had changed my life" (de Rosnay 293).
Throughout much of the book, the story follows the life of Julia Jarmond as she researches a round-up of Jewish children in France during the Holocaust. After investigating and digging through old documents, she discovers that the apartment her grandmother-in-law lived in was formerly owned by a Jewish family who was deported during the round-up and later sent to die in concentration camps. She sees a photograph of the family and is especially moved to see a little girl in the photo, whom she is told is Sarah Starzinsky. After confronting her in-laws, she discovers that Sarah had connections to the family and that a horrible accident occurred at the apartment involving Sarah's key and her little brother, who never left. She feels compelled to find Sarah and traces her descendants to America and Italy. During this discovery, she realizes the failures of her marriage as her French husband, Bertrand, seems to ignore the past, and this supposedly alters her life. Thus, as the quote illustrates, when Jarmond gives birth to her daughter, she decides to name her Sarah after the little Jewish girl.
Throughout much of the book, the story follows the life of Julia Jarmond as she researches a round-up of Jewish children in France during the Holocaust. After investigating and digging through old documents, she discovers that the apartment her grandmother-in-law lived in was formerly owned by a Jewish family who was deported during the round-up and later sent to die in concentration camps. She sees a photograph of the family and is especially moved to see a little girl in the photo, whom she is told is Sarah Starzinsky. After confronting her in-laws, she discovers that Sarah had connections to the family and that a horrible accident occurred at the apartment involving Sarah's key and her little brother, who never left. She feels compelled to find Sarah and traces her descendants to America and Italy. During this discovery, she realizes the failures of her marriage as her French husband, Bertrand, seems to ignore the past, and this supposedly alters her life. Thus, as the quote illustrates, when Jarmond gives birth to her daughter, she decides to name her Sarah after the little Jewish girl.
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