Pam Jenoff "The Woman with the Blue Star"
When:
Wednesday, May 05, 2021 7:00p -
8:00p
Wednesday, May 05, 2021 7:00p -
8:00p
Where:
Online through Crowdcast
Wellesley Books
Wellesley, MA 02482
Admission:
$5.00
Categories:
Lectures & Conferences
Event website:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pam-jenoff-presents-the-woman-with-the-blue-star-w-lisa-wingate-tickets-148974222911
Pam Jenoff, author of "The Lost Girls of Paris", presents "The Woman with the Blue Star", a riveting tale of courage and unlikely friendship during World War II. Pam will be in conversation with Lisa Wingate, author of "The Book of Lost Friends".
This event is brought to you in partnership with Park Row Books.
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ABOUT THE BOOK
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.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pam Jenoff is the author of several books of historical fiction, including the NYT bestseller "The Orphan's Tale". She holds a degree in international affairs from George Washington University and a degree in history from Cambridge, and she received her JD from UPenn. Her novels are inspired by her experiences working at the Pentagon and as a diplomat for the State Department handling Holocaust issues in Poland. She lives with her husband and 3 children near Philadelphia, where she teaches law.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
Lisa Wingate is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over thirty novels, including the instant NYT bestseller "The Book of Lost Friends" and "Before We Were Yours", which remained on the NYT list for over two years and has sold over three million copies. She is a Goodreads Choice award winner for historical fiction and a Southern Book Prize winner. She lives with her husband in Texas.
