Abortion In France
In Paris, France, two stories are told, one from the point of a young Jewish girl, and one, decades later, from an American woman that lives in Paris. The girl’s story begins with the police banging on her door, demanding to be let in, striking fear into her and her family, for her dad had already went into hiding, but this time, the French are arresting everyone. The girl’s little brother, scared and stubborn, refused to move, begging to be locked in a secret cupboard instead, and so she locked him there, promising to come back. On the other side of the story, Julia Jarmond, her husband Bertrand, and daughter Zoe engage in lighthearted conversation, visiting Bertrand’s grandmother. In the girl’s story, as the events progressed, they got worse
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Meanwhile, she continued to wrestle with the thought of abortion, getting different urgings from all the people she was close to on how to handle the situation. Continuing to gather information of the Vel d’Hiv and Sarah through visiting museums and the letters that Edouard had discovered that were from when his father sent money to Sarah after she ran into their house. In these letters, she discovers the elderly couple that Sarah lived with, and phoned them, learning about some more of Sarah’s life. This couple helped them find where Sarah went after she left France, so Julia, determined to apologize to Sarah for the whole ordeal, for the hell she went through. At the same time, she also wrestles with her upcoming abortion, feeling numb while doing the paperwork, then, when the doctors were all ready to act, she quickly changed her mind and ran away, driving a deep chasm between her relationship with Bertrand. Even so, her growing obsession with the Vel’ d’Hiv children, especially Sarah, drives her to find the address of where Sarah lived, married to an American man in Connecticut. She then flew there, only to find that Sarah had died several years ago, and that her only remaining relative, her son William, who was married and in Italy, had no idea of any of Sarah’s past. When Julia tried to tell of Sarah’s story to him, he left, denying that his mother was what Julia said she was, leaving her in shock on what to do next. Meanwhile, she is also increasingly distant from her husband, as Bertrand also arranged for her and her daughter Zoe to move into a different place, the apartment that had once been Sarah’s home. A few weeks later, William comes to Julia, resolved to hear the whole story, bringing his
Meanwhile, she continued to wrestle with the thought of abortion, getting different urgings from all the people she was close to on how to handle the situation. Continuing to gather information of the Vel d’Hiv and Sarah through visiting museums and the letters that Edouard had discovered that were from when his father sent money to Sarah after she ran into their house. In these letters, she discovers the elderly couple that Sarah lived with, and phoned them, learning about some more of Sarah’s life. This couple helped them find where Sarah went after she left France, so Julia, determined to apologize to Sarah for the whole ordeal, for the hell she went through. At the same time, she also wrestles with her upcoming abortion, feeling numb while doing the paperwork, then, when the doctors were all ready to act, she quickly changed her mind and ran away, driving a deep chasm between her relationship with Bertrand. Even so, her growing obsession with the Vel’ d’Hiv children, especially Sarah, drives her to find the address of where Sarah lived, married to an American man in Connecticut. She then flew there, only to find that Sarah had died several years ago, and that her only remaining relative, her son William, who was married and in Italy, had no idea of any of Sarah’s past. When Julia tried to tell of Sarah’s story to him, he left, denying that his mother was what Julia said she was, leaving her in shock on what to do next. Meanwhile, she is also increasingly distant from her husband, as Bertrand also arranged for her and her daughter Zoe to move into a different place, the apartment that had once been Sarah’s home. A few weeks later, William comes to Julia, resolved to hear the whole story, bringing his