The Woman with the Blue Star

By: Pam Jenoff

Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya, Emily Lawrence, Nancy Peterson

"An emotional novel that you will never forget." —Lisa Scottoline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eternal

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

Couldn't stop listening

I have read a lot of Holocaust fiction and this is one of the best that I have read. The narration was great.

The woman with the blue star was fantastic

The ending was a surprise! The character narration was fantastic! Very vivid and very well done!

Woman with a Blue Star a good read

This was an easy listen, somewhat believable, without the gory details of many Holocaust recounts.

Great book

I thought this was a very good book. I liked the narration, contrary to some of the other reviews. This was the first book I’ve listened to by this author, but am anxious to read more.

Worth Reading/Listening

I have read many WWII novels from the perspective of different nations involved. i enjoyed, if that is the right word, learning of the Polish struggle. The story flows well and the final chapter does not disappoint.

Good story

I enjoyed the story. When bad situations are overcome at the exact last moment before doom, it makes it harder to see it as real, but more for effect. The narration was a bit dramatic.

WONDERFUL STORY!!!

I enjoyed this book so much. I think we all need to be reminded about the history of the Jews. This story draws you in and you can feel all the emotions of the characters. I was a little surprised at the ending but pleased at the same time. The narrators did a wonderful job. Thank you, Pam Jenoff, for taking us back in time and reminding us just how precious life and family are.

Performance was annoying

Great story but the narrator for Sadie was super annoying. The way she told her story took the authenticity away

World War II in Poland sucked

It had to really, really be terrible to have been in Poland during World War II. Yes, the Jews were at the forefront and their sufferings were horrendous. But, the non-Jews had it tough as well, the more so as the war wore on.

The author writes a grim story of a Jewish family that heads to the sewer system of Krakow just to survive and ends up staying there much longer than anticipated. Through this a young Jewish girl and a non-Jewish girl meet through a sewer grate and that's the basis for the story.

You might wonder how a story set in a sewer could be interesting, but it is. The Nazis were horrible but did what they had to do to survive. The human spirit never ceases to exist.

Couldn’t finish it.

I had complete buy in on this story at first. I love historical fiction. But the longer this book went the less believable it became. You are repeatedly talking into a sewer grate, dropping food, in broad daylight and it’s supposed to be believable? As I said it started strong but nope. Can’t finish it.