The Polish Girl by Gosia Nealon

Identical Twins - one who joined the Nazi Party and one who escaped.

Stefan and his brother Finn always seemed to have different views on compassion.

When their father joined the Nazi Party, Stefan joined with him, but Finn stayed with his mother.

During the last year of the war Stefan killed the father of another character, Wanda, and she would never forget his face. 

When she encounters Stefan, who is really Finn, she can't see past the horrible deed he committed that took her father away.

Finn keeps coming in contact with Wanda, and she has to do what the officer asks her to do.

Wanda joins the Polish Resistance and is terrified when they find the ammunition she is hiding in her suitcase.

What happens now?

Does Wanda get imprisoned?

Is she tortured by the Nazis?

Find out when you read THE POLISH GIRL that has surprises and heartbreak.

It took a few chapters to sort out who the characters were, but once the book got going, you won’t want to put the book down.

Fans of historical fiction and women's fiction will enjoy THE POLISH GIRL.  4/5

This book was given to me by the publisher via NetGalley for an honest review.

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ABOUT GOSIA NEALON:

 

While Gosia Nealon is a proud New Yorker, she was born and raised in Poland. Her journey to the Big Apple revealed a wealth of cultural differences, but also the values that connect us all. Like the fierce desire to protect family, find love, and ultimately, discover who we are and why we’re here.

 

Gosia’s award-winning short stories have always delved into life’s biggest questions, but it was the drama, sacrifice, and tragedy of WWII that led her to pen her debut novel, which won a gold medal in the 2022 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY).

 

Growing up in Poland, Gosia heard many firsthand accounts of the war, told from a perspective rarely captured in mainstream literature. She was compelled to breathe life into two young people falling in love in the midst of the most terrifying conflict of our time.

 

When Gosia isn’t tapping away at her laptop, she’s often walking the streets of New York. With her husband and two young sons in tow, they search for the most succulent pierogi, transporting them back to the cobbled streets of her childhood.

 

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