Woah.
Tatiana de Rosnay commented on my blog. A couple of posts down, the one about how the kids were driving me bonkers and I went so insane that I had to bury my face in a towel whilst screaming obscenities?
If you glance under my list of finished books, you'll notice that Ms. de Rosnay penned the novel "Sarah's Key", which I read a couple of months ago. I read it during a phase of interest in the Holocaust...I read a few fiction pieces at that time and also "The Lost: The Search for Six of Six Million", which was excellent. "Sarah's Key" was one of the novels, and it was quite good. It was one of those novels that jaunts back and forth from past to present, which I love. If I ever have the gumption to write a novel, it will be a mix of past and present.
Anyway, the history behind the story in "Sarah's Key" was certainly haunting and fascinating--the roundup of some of Paris' Jews during WWII, their imprisonment in the Paris Velodrome and subsequent shipping to work and death camps. These events really happened, but of course, the characters are fictional.
I'm not certain why I've been reading about the Holocaust. I'm currently reading "Sophie's Choice"...I know almost nothing about the story except that involves the Holocaust and, well, Sophie's choice. I'll let you know how it turns out, but I'm certain it can't be happily.
Anyway, I'm very honored that my blog was commented upon by a real, live, published author. It's pretty surreal how this internet thingy works, isn't it? Somehow it makes the world a smaller place...
If you glance under my list of finished books, you'll notice that Ms. de Rosnay penned the novel "Sarah's Key", which I read a couple of months ago. I read it during a phase of interest in the Holocaust...I read a few fiction pieces at that time and also "The Lost: The Search for Six of Six Million", which was excellent. "Sarah's Key" was one of the novels, and it was quite good. It was one of those novels that jaunts back and forth from past to present, which I love. If I ever have the gumption to write a novel, it will be a mix of past and present.
Anyway, the history behind the story in "Sarah's Key" was certainly haunting and fascinating--the roundup of some of Paris' Jews during WWII, their imprisonment in the Paris Velodrome and subsequent shipping to work and death camps. These events really happened, but of course, the characters are fictional.
I'm not certain why I've been reading about the Holocaust. I'm currently reading "Sophie's Choice"...I know almost nothing about the story except that involves the Holocaust and, well, Sophie's choice. I'll let you know how it turns out, but I'm certain it can't be happily.
Anyway, I'm very honored that my blog was commented upon by a real, live, published author. It's pretty surreal how this internet thingy works, isn't it? Somehow it makes the world a smaller place...
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Maybe you can start writing when the kiddos are older but I hope that you don't wait too long. My favorite columnist in Cycle World magazine has published two books of his editorials from the magazine. You could do the same with your blogs. Think about it. We'll see you all in a few days.
:)Which kind of helps me put up with them. Thank you for Sarah's Key.