http://blog.ptpi.org The PTPI Blog aims to provide a place to share our members' stories. They inspire us and they will inspire others. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://blog.ptpi.org/2012/02/03/discussion-question-5-for-sarahs-key/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2012/02/03/discussion-question-5-for-sarahs-key/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:45 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=3360 Question answered by Eileen Purkeypile, Coordinator, Membership Services at PTPI. 5. Historical photos are discussed in the book Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay, but not provided. To gain a visual insight into the Vel’ d’Hiv roundup, view a gallery of images that document the roundup, the children who were taken, and the Holocaust in France. [...]

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]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2012/01/31/discussion-question-4-for-sarahs-key/feed/ 2 http://blog.ptpi.org/2012/01/26/discussion-question-3-for-sarahs-key/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2012/01/26/discussion-question-3-for-sarahs-key/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:00:09 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=3385 Question answered by Eileen Purkeypile, Coordinator of Membership Services at PTPI 3. In a story filled with so much grief, what were some positive aspects of Sarah’s Key? Although the majority of Sarah’s Key is made up of dismal elements, such as war and death, the following are a couple of positive aspects of the [...]

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]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2012/01/17/discussion-question-1-for-sarahs-key/feed/ 4 http://blog.ptpi.org/2012/01/13/discussion-questions-for-sarahs-key/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2012/01/13/discussion-questions-for-sarahs-key/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:00:14 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=3328 Our staff readers have prepared this list of discussion questions for those reading Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. Next week will will introduce the staff members reading the book and they will begin sharing their own thoughts on these questions. We hope you will join the conversation. 1. Were you aware of France’s role [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2012/01/13/discussion-questions-for-sarahs-key/feed/ 0 http://blog.ptpi.org/2012/01/09/introduction-of-staff-readers-book-10-sarahs-key/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2012/01/09/introduction-of-staff-readers-book-10-sarahs-key/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:00:07 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=3330 The staff readers for the current PTPI Global Book Club selection, Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay, shared personal experiences related to a recurring theme in the book: memorials to past events that go unnoticed. Learn more about the readers now and stay tuned for the first discussion. Stumbling upon a memorial of significance… Karen [...]

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