The Goddess of Warsaw: A Novel

The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr is a powerful historical novel about Lena Browning, a legendary Hollywood actress hiding a dark past from the Warsaw Ghetto.

In Los Angeles, 2005, rising star Sienna Hayes hopes to direct a film about Lena’s life, only to uncover shocking truths. Before fame, Lena was Bina Blonski, a Polish Jew whose world was destroyed by the Nazis.

In Warsaw, 1943, Bina uses her Aryan appearance to become a spy and resistance fighter, smuggling weapons and information to help her people. Her mission grows complicated when she falls in love with Aleksander, her husband’s brother.

Years later, after escaping and reinventing herself as a Hollywood icon, Lena still wrestles with guilt, loss, and an unrelenting thirst for justice. Her fame becomes both her shield and her weapon as she seeks to confront the ghosts of her past.

A story of courage, sacrifice, and revenge, The Goddess of Warsaw explores how one woman’s fight for survival and justice spans from war-torn Poland to the golden age of Hollywood.