Three-peat guest!! Lisa Barr, THE GODDESS OF WARSAW
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Zibby is joined (for the third time!) by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Barr, this time to discuss THE GODDESS OF WARSAW, an utterly gripping WWII story about a young Jewish actress turned assassin. The protagonist, Bina Blonski, uses her looks and talent to escape the Warsaw Ghetto, ultimately rising to Hollywood fame—and continuing to fight against Nazis. Lisa explains how her own family history (she is the daughter of a Holocaust survivor) influenced this book and then delves into her research process and the novel’s relevance to today’s current events. She and Zibby touch on the ongoing fight against antisemitism and the importance of standing against hate.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and I am the host of this podcast. Moms don't have time to read books. |
| 0:08.1 | I am also a newly minted USA Today bestselling author of the novel, Blank. |
| 0:14.2 | I've created a whole community of book lovers around this podcast, a publishing company, reading retreats, a bookstore, and more. Learn more |
| 0:22.2 | at Zivimedia.com or follow me on social at Zibby Owens or join the community at Zivie Readers. |
| 0:31.4 | Lisa Barr is the author of the goddess of Warsaw, a novel. She has been on this podcast several |
| 0:36.6 | times and over the course of |
| 0:39.4 | the last couple years has become a very close friend, and I absolutely adore her. She happens to be |
| 0:43.7 | a huge advocate for Judaism and has been a very vocal force, as of I, I must say, throughout |
| 0:50.3 | everything that's happened since October 7th, but she is a true pioneer and warrior. |
| 0:55.8 | Lisa is the New York Times best-selling author of Woman on Fire, The Unbreakables, and the award-winning |
| 1:00.8 | historical thriller Fugitive Colors. Her latest historical thriller, the goddess of Warsaw, just came out. |
| 1:06.4 | In addition, Lisa served as an editor for the Jerusalem Post, managing editor of today's Chicago Woman, managing editor of Moment magazine, and as an editor-reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. |
| 1:16.7 | Among the highlights of her career, Lisa covered the famous handshake between the late Israeli Prime Minotzer Yitzhak Rabin and the late PLO leader Yasser Arafat and President Bill Clinton at the White House. |
| 1:27.2 | Lisa has been featured on Good Morning America and today for her work as an author, |
| 1:30.9 | journalist, and blogger. |
| 1:32.3 | In exciting book news, actress Sharon Stone is set to produce and star in the film adaptation |
| 1:37.4 | of Woman on Fire, which was a New York Times bestseller. |
| 1:41.4 | Lisa lives in the Chicago area with her husband and three daughters, |
| 1:44.7 | aka Drama Central. By the way, Lisa is going to be one of the 15, maybe even more than 15 authors |
| 1:50.8 | who will be on panels at an event we're doing in Chicago on May 20th. It's an all-day event from |
| 1:57.8 | 11 to 7, and you should definitely come. We're partnering with the American Writers |
| 2:02.3 | Museum and going out to a nice lunch and having cocktail hour and then going to Madison |
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