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kelly_inthe419 's review for:
The Goddess of Warsaw
by Lisa Barr
This story was a roller coaster ride of historical fiction that I loved way more than I expected. The story sucked me right in and didn't let up. Rounding up to 4.5 stars.
Bina/Lena's life is complicated and full of love and anguish and revenge. Her story begins as a young Jewish woman able to pass as white, thanks to her blond hair, blue eyed beauty. It ends as a Hollywood starlet who survived the Warsaw Ghetto while fighting Nazi occupation, and against all odds became the greatest femme fatale of her time.
This was such a riveting and compelling novel, my first by author Lisa Barr. In a style reminiscent of the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Lena has hired an up-and-coming young actress to portray her in a new movie of her life. The story is told in dual timelines - one of Lena's (Bina) life as a young woman living in the Warsaw Ghetto as part of the Nazi resistance fighters, and the other as Lena has decided it's time to tell the real story of her life and her career.
The historical significance of this and stories like it cannot be overstated. Barr's research was thorough and in depth, revealing intricacies of the Warsaw Ghetto I had not read before. The stories of the lives lost are heartbreaking.
The intense storyline combined with so many varied and vivid characters made this unputdownable. Many thanks to Harper Perennial for my complimentary copy!
Bina/Lena's life is complicated and full of love and anguish and revenge. Her story begins as a young Jewish woman able to pass as white, thanks to her blond hair, blue eyed beauty. It ends as a Hollywood starlet who survived the Warsaw Ghetto while fighting Nazi occupation, and against all odds became the greatest femme fatale of her time.
This was such a riveting and compelling novel, my first by author Lisa Barr. In a style reminiscent of the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Lena has hired an up-and-coming young actress to portray her in a new movie of her life. The story is told in dual timelines - one of Lena's (Bina) life as a young woman living in the Warsaw Ghetto as part of the Nazi resistance fighters, and the other as Lena has decided it's time to tell the real story of her life and her career.
The historical significance of this and stories like it cannot be overstated. Barr's research was thorough and in depth, revealing intricacies of the Warsaw Ghetto I had not read before. The stories of the lives lost are heartbreaking.
The intense storyline combined with so many varied and vivid characters made this unputdownable. Many thanks to Harper Perennial for my complimentary copy!