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 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 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 in Hollywood. 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 of one of history’s most heroic
uprisings and an actress 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.
