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The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr

4.0

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Bina Blonski was a wonderful actress when the Nazi’s began to take over. While she didn’t have the typical look of a Jewish person, there were many that knew of her ethnicity. She is now an old woman that goes by Lena but it has taken a lot to get to where she is today as hollywoods greatest. Things that nobody can even think of a person dealing with. But Sienna is determined to tell her story, she just needs “Lena” to tell it to her. 

 

I don’t even know where to begin with reviewing this book, or even giving a synopsis for it to be honest. So much happened in this book, and it was heartbreaking reading each and every page. I will say the first half moved a bit slowly for me. This one was compared to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, so I went in expecting that. I will say, this book is not comparable in my mind but it is still truly amazing in its own way. The first half is mainly the past; the life of Bina and what she faced when the Nazi’s began to take over. The second half is more in the future and how Bina (Lena) built a life after escaping the war. I cried reading this book several times because I could just not imagine facing the horror and trauma of  what Lena and her family went through. I absolutely loved where Lena ended up and how the story came to a close though. I won’t give any spoilers but it was chefs kiss.