by Lisa Barr

In 2005, legendary actress Lena Browning is winding down her career when she is approached by a young actress, Sienna Hayes, who wants to direct and star in a film about her life. Lena has a dark secret past and she reluctantly agrees as long as the real story of her life is told. What evolves is a fascinating and heartbreaking story about Bina Blonski, a young Jewish actress, whose wealthy family was destroyed by the Nazis and ended up in the Warsaw Ghetto.

Bini was a talented young actress in Poland and with her beauty and blonde hair she can pass as an Aryan so she joins the resistance as they plan the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1938. Although the uprising was unsuccessful, Bini was able to survive to tell her story and what a story it is!

The Goddess of Warsaw is a riveting tale of war, lost love, friendship, betrayal and vengeance with some surprising twists that I didn’t see coming. It will be published on May 28th, 2024. Thanks to Harper Perennial and NetGalley for the advanced reading copy.