This rich, multigenerational tale begins in 2005 Los Angeles as Sienna Hayes, Hollywood’s latest It Girl, aims to work behind the camera. She then meets Lena Browning, a Golden Age movie star, who was once a Polish Jew named Bina Blonski. Rewind to 1943 Warsaw when beautiful Bina becomes a spy to fight against the Nazis. Then, more than a decade later, Bina rises to fame while wrestling past traumas.

What readers are saying: “I can’t believe this was the first book I read by Lisa Barr, but I’ll certainly be reading more,” says Courtney Shapiro, Woman’s World Digital Associate Editor. “It was both heartbreaking and stunning. I felt like I was witnessing these events firsthand, which is just a testament to Barr’s writing style.”