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Tatiana de Rosnay
Tatiana's new novel, The Other Story, will be published at Saint Martin's Press on April 22 2014.Tatiana's books have sold over 8 million copies around the world. Tatiana de Rosnay was born on September 28th, 1961 in the suburbs of Paris. She is of English, French and Russian descent. Her father... show more

Tatiana's new novel, The Other Story, will be published at Saint Martin's Press on April 22 2014.Tatiana's books have sold over 8 million copies around the world. Tatiana de Rosnay was born on September 28th, 1961 in the suburbs of Paris. She is of English, French and Russian descent. Her father is French scientist Joël de Rosnay, her grandfather was painter Gaëtan de Rosnay. Tatiana's paternal great-grandmother was Russian actress Natalia Rachewskïa, director of the Leningrad Pushkin Theatre from 1925 to 1949. Tatiana's mother is English, Stella Jebb, daughter of diplomat Gladwyn Jebb, and great-great-granddaughter of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the British engineer. Tatiana is also the niece of historian Hugh Thomas. Tatiana was raised in Paris and then in Boston, when her father taught at MIT in the 70's. She moved to England in the early 80's and obtained a Bachelor's degree in English literature at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich.Returning to Paris in 1984, Tatiana became press attaché for Christie's and then Paris Editor for Vanity Fair magazine till 1993. Since 1992, Tatiana has published ten novels in France (published at Fayard, Plon and EHO).Sarah's Key is her first novel written in her mother tongue, English. Sarah's Key was to be published in 40 countries and has sold over 8 million copies worldwide. Film rights have also been sold and a movie starring Kristin Scott-Thomas has been released. 4 other of her novels are becoming movies in France.Tatiana is married and has two children, Louis and Charlotte. She lives in Paris with her family. Her website is at http://www.tatianaderosnay.com/Her Twitter feed : http://twitter.com/tatianaderosnay
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Books & Chocolate
Books & Chocolate rated it 10 years ago
I'm a bit conflicted about Sarah's Key. Based on the subject matter alone, this is definitely a book I'd recommend others to read. After experiencing this book and The Book Theif, I've realized that I am far too ignorant about the events that took place during the time of the Holocaust. In Sarah's K...
Brenna M's Book Blog
Brenna M's Book Blog rated it 10 years ago
Sarah's Key Tatiana de Rosnay Paperback, 293 pages Published 2007 by St. Martin's Griffin (first published 2006) ISBN 0312370849 (ISBN13: 9780312370848) Sarah's Key follows Sarah, a young Jewish girl who was rounded up by French Police to go to Auschwitz. Sarah's story is woven in with Julia's j...
BagEndBooks
BagEndBooks rated it 10 years ago
I enjoyed Sarah's heartbreaking story. It felt like something that truly could have happened in that awful time. It was hard to read parts of the story because of the atrocities. My heart broke for Sarah. I really liked Julia and I am extremely glad that she kept the baby, and didn't give into her j...
An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge
An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge rated it 10 years ago
I read this book in one day in about three big chunks (~100 pages each). As I started it, I was reading the blurbs on the book. Augusten Burroughs wrote that "it will help to complete you" which... melodramatic much, Burroughs? But the story is good and will make you turn the pages. I don't know how...
Toni
Toni rated it 11 years ago
This is a brilliantly and compelling portrait of occupied France during WW11. The plot follows the Starzinski family after the French police raided their apartment on July 16, 1942 and arrested ten year old Sarah and her parents during the Vel’d’Hiv Roundup. In a parallel plot Julia Jarmond, an Amer...
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