USA TODAY BESTSELLER “Utterly gripping. . . a transformative and immersive story so powerful
and captivating that I could not put it down. . . . Truly one of the best books I’ve read.”—Liv
Constantine bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish “Lisa Barr's new historical fiction
The Goddess of Warsaw gifts the reader with jaw-dropping moments worthy of a Tarantino film a
story that could not be more timely and a heroine whose ferocity and valor knows no
bounds.”—Natalie Jenner author of the instant international bestseller The Jane Austen Society
The Goddess of Warsaw is an enthralling dual timeline tale of a legendary Hollywood screen
goddess with a dark secret about her life in the Warsaw Ghetto. When the famous actress is
threatened by someone from her past she must put her skills into play to protect herself her
illustrious career and those she loves then and now. Los Angeles 2005. Sienna Hayes
Hollywood’s latest It Girl has ambitions to work behind the camera. When she meets Lena
Browning the enormously mysterious and famous Golden Age movie star Sienna sees her big
break. She wants to direct a picture about Lena’s life—but the legendary actor’s murky past
turns out to be even darker than Sienna dreamed. Before she was a Living Legend Lena Browning
was Bina Blonski a Polish Jew whose life and family were destroyed by the Nazis. Warsaw 1943.
A member of the city’s Jewish elite Bina Blonski and her husband Jakub are imprisoned in the
ghastly cramped ghetto along with the rest of Warsaw’s surviving Jews. Determined to fight
back against the brutal Nazis the beautiful blonde Aryan-looking Bina becomes a spy for the
Jewish resistance gaining information and stealing weapons outside the ghetto to protect her
fellow Jews. But her dangerous circumstances grow complicated when she falls in love with
Aleksander an ally in resistance—and Jakub’s brother. While Lena accomplishes amazing feats of
bravery she sacrifices much in the process. Over a decade after escaping the horrors of the
ghetto Bina now known as Lena rises to fame during Hollywood's Golden Age. Yet she cannot
help but be reminded of her old life and hungers for revenge against the Nazis who escaped
justice after the war. Her power and fame as a movie star offer Lena the chance to right the
past’s wrongs . . . and perhaps even find the happy ending she never had. A gripping
page-turner and revenge story of one of history’s most heroic uprisings and an actress at the
heart of this powerful World War II historical fiction whose personal war never ends The
Goddess Of Warsaw is filled with secrets lies twists and turns and a burning pursuit of
justice no matter the cost.
