Originally published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2007.

"Reading group gold"--Cover.

Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten-year-old girl, is taken with her parents by the French police as they go door-to-door arresting Jewish families in the middle of the night. Desperate to protect her younger brother, Sarah locks him in a bedroom cupboard - their secret hiding place - and promises to come back for him as soon as they are released. Sixty year later: Sarah's story intertwins with that of Julia Jarmond, an American journalist investigating the roundup.

Adult.

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