The Woman with the Blue Star
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Praise for
The Woman with the Blue Star
“Pam Jenoff’s meticulously researched story...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
“Heartfelt and beautifully written... This emotional novel is filled with
twists, turns, and displays of bravery and love that you will never forget.
You will not be able to put [it] down.”
—Lisa Scottoline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eternal
“The Woman with the Blue Star is a profoundly moving
novel from a writer who is, deservedly, both admired and
beloved for the truth, power, and beauty of her work.”
—Jennifer Robson, New York Times bestselling author of The Gown
“A beautifully written and extraordinarily well-researched story. Pam Jenoff
captures the trials and the triumphs of the human spirit.... This book is a must-read.”
—Kelly Rimmer, New York Times bestselling author of The Things We Cannot Say
“[A] haunting, harrowing tale of love, loss and survival.... Readers who loved
The Nightingale and The Alice Network will happily follow The Woman with the Blue Star.”
—Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author
of Hello, Summer and Sunset Beach
“Once again, Pam Jenoff displays her mastery.... Book clubs will assuredly devour
this compulsively readable novel that both wrenches and warms the heart.”
—Kristina McMorris, New York Times bestselling author of Sold on a Monday
Also by Pam Jenoff
The Kommandant’s Girl
The Diplomat’s Wife
The Ambassador’s Daughter
The Winter Guest
The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach
The Orphan’s Tale
The Lost Girls of Paris
Pam Jenoff is the author of several books of historical fiction, including the New York Times bestsellers The Lost Girls of Paris and The Orphan’s Tale. She holds a bachelor’s degree in international affairs from George Washington University and a master’s degree in history from Cambridge, and she received her Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania. She lives with her husband and three children near Philadelphia, where, in addition to writing, she teaches law school.
www.PamJenoff.com
Twitter: @PamJenoff
Facebook: /PamJenoffAuthor
THE WOMAN WITH THE BLUE STAR
Pam Jenoff
To my shtetl...I’ll be seeing you.
Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Epilogue
Author’s Note
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Kraków, Poland
June 2016
The woman I see before me is not the one I expected at all.
Ten minutes earlier, I stood before the mirror in my hotel room, brushing some lint from the cuff of my pale blue blouse, adjusting a pearl earring. Distaste rose inside me. I had become the poster child for a woman in her early seventies—graying hair cut short and practical, pantsuit hugging my sturdy frame more snugly than it would have a year ago.