May 2013
Damage by Josephine Hart
Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.'
Damage is the gripping story of a man’s desperate obsession and scandalous love affair. He is a man who appears to have everything: wealth, a beautiful wife and children, and a prestigious political career in Parliament. But his life lacks passion, and his aching emptiness drives him to an all-consuming, and ultimately catastrophic, relationship with his son’s fiancée.
We chose this book partly because it was Amanda's book that she distributed for World Book Night 2013
Liz's opinion - not overly impressed. I felt that there were several holes in the whole scenario. Why did Martyn break the door down? Surely he would have knocked? I am not sure that anyone would accept this way of living without question? Did Anna have to let her other life end before she could settle down? Was Martyn a replacement for Aston?
Overall Opinion:
Buy from Amazon
We chose this book partly because it was Amanda's book that she distributed for World Book Night 2013
Liz's opinion - not overly impressed. I felt that there were several holes in the whole scenario. Why did Martyn break the door down? Surely he would have knocked? I am not sure that anyone would accept this way of living without question? Did Anna have to let her other life end before she could settle down? Was Martyn a replacement for Aston?
Overall Opinion:
Buy from Amazon
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old Jewish girl, is arrested by the French police in the middle of the night, along with her mother and father. Desperate to protect her younger brother, she locks him in a cupboard and promises to come back for him as soon as she can.
Paris, May 2002: Julia Jarmond, an American journalist, is asked to write about the 60th anniversary of the Vel' d'Hiv'--the infamous day in 1942 when French police rounded up thousands of Jewish men, women and children, in order to send them to concentration camps. Sarah's Key is the poignant story of two families, forever linked and haunted by one of the darkest days in France's past. In this emotionally intense, page-turning novel, Tatiana de Rosnay reveals the guilt brought on by long-buried secrets and the damage that the truth can inflict when they finally come unravelled.
Liz's opinion - Fantastic! I read this book mainly in 2 sessions! I could not put it down. It is very well written and the short chapters at the beginning make it easy to relate the past with the present. The story itself is heartbreaking but beautifully written. I will now seek out the film to see if justice is done to this wonderful book.
Paris, May 2002: Julia Jarmond, an American journalist, is asked to write about the 60th anniversary of the Vel' d'Hiv'--the infamous day in 1942 when French police rounded up thousands of Jewish men, women and children, in order to send them to concentration camps. Sarah's Key is the poignant story of two families, forever linked and haunted by one of the darkest days in France's past. In this emotionally intense, page-turning novel, Tatiana de Rosnay reveals the guilt brought on by long-buried secrets and the damage that the truth can inflict when they finally come unravelled.
Liz's opinion - Fantastic! I read this book mainly in 2 sessions! I could not put it down. It is very well written and the short chapters at the beginning make it easy to relate the past with the present. The story itself is heartbreaking but beautifully written. I will now seek out the film to see if justice is done to this wonderful book.
Overall Opinion: Everyone loved this book
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