The Woman with the Blue Star
A Novel
by Pam Jenoff
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Pub Date May 04 2021 | Archive Date Jun 04 2021
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Description
From the author of The Lost Girls of Paris comes a riveting tale of courage and unlikely friendship during World War II -- Now a New York Times bestsller!
1942. Sadie Gault is eighteen and living with her parents in the Kraków Ghetto during World War II. When the Nazis liquidate the ghetto, Sadie and her pregnant mother are forced to seek refuge in the perilous tunnels beneath the city. One day Sadie looks up through a grate and sees a girl about her own age buying flowers.
Ella Stepanek is an affluent Polish girl living a life of relative ease with her stepmother, who has developed close alliances with the occupying Germans. While on an errand in the market, she catches a glimpse of something moving beneath a grate in the street. Upon closer inspection, she realizes it’s a girl hiding.
Ella begins to aid Sadie and the two become close, but as the dangers of the war worsen, their lives are set on a collision course that will test them in the face of overwhelming odds. Inspired by incredible true stories, The Woman with the Blue Star is an unforgettable testament to the power of friendship and the extraordinary strength of the human will to survive.
Highly recommended by Entertainment Weekly, Washington Post, CNN, BookTrib, Goodreads, Betches, AARP, Frolic, SheReads, and more!
Don’t miss Pam Jenoff’s new novel, Last Twilight in Paris, a gripping mystery and an unforgettable story about love and survival.
Read these other sweeping epics from New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff:
- Code Name Sapphire
- The Lost Girls of Paris
- The Orphan’s Tale
- The Ambassador’s Daughter
- The Diplomat’s Wife
- The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach
- The Kommandant’s Girl
- The Winter Guest
Advance Praise
“I am a huge fan of Pam Jenoff‘s, but she has really topped herself with superb THE WOMAN WITH THE BLUE STAR. It’s the heartfelt and beautifully written story of two young women, Sadie and Ella, who manage to bridge the horrific divide of Krakow under Nazi occupation, forging an unlikely friendship despite their many differences, and one that either of them would sacrifice everything for. And even beyond that, this emotional novel is filled with twists, turns, and displays of bravery and love that you will never forget, culminating in an ending that manages to be both surprising and uplifting at the same time. This is singular historical fiction that you will not be able to put down, filled with the drama of the time and drenched with authentic and atmospheric details of Poland at war.”
—Lisa Scottoline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eternal
“Pam Jenoff’s meticulously researched account of an unlikely and dangerous friendship during WWII is a timely and compelling account of the lengths we go to for the family we are born with, and the family we make for ourselves. It will leave you gasping at the end.”
—Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Two Ways and A Spark of Light
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780778389385 |
| PRICE | $17.99 (USD) |
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