The Orphan's Tale

Look for Pam Jenoff's new novel, The Woman with the Blue Star, an unforgettable story of courage and friendship during wartime.

A New York Times bestseller!

"Readers who enjoyed Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale and Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants will embrace this novel. " --Library Journal

"Secrets, lies, treachery, and passion.... I read this novel in a headlong rush." --Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train

A powerful novel of friendship set in a traveling circus during World War II, The Orphan's Tale introduces two extraordinary women and their harrowing stories of sacrifice and survival.

Sixteen-year-old Noa has been cast out in disgrace after becoming pregnant by a Nazi soldier and being forced to give up her baby. She lives above a small rail station, which she cleans in order to earn her keep... When Noa discovers a boxcar containing dozens of Jewish infants bound for a concentration camp, she is reminded of the child that was taken from her. And in a moment that will change the course of her life, she snatches one of the babies and flees into the snowy night.

Noa finds refuge with a German circus, but she must learn the flying trapeze act so she can blend in undetected, spurning the resentment of the lead aerialist, Astrid. At first rivals, Noa and Astrid soon forge a powerful bond. But as the facade that protects them proves increasingly tenuous, Noa and Astrid must decide whether their friendship is enough to save one another--or if the secrets that burn between them will destroy everything.

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 Woman with the Blue Star
• The Ambassador's Daughter
• The Diplomat's Wife
• The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach
• The Kommandant's Girl
• The Winter Guest

Author: Pam Jenoff
Publisher: Mira Books
Published: 02/21/2017
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780778319818


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/01/2016 pg. 58
Library Journal 09/15/2016 pg. 78
Booklist 10/15/2016 pg. 22
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2016
Publishers Weekly 12/05/2016
Library Journal 10/01/2016

About the Author
Jenoff, Pam: - Pam Jenoff is the author of several books of historical fiction, including the NYT bestsellers The Lost Girls of Paris and The Woman with the Blue Star. She holds a degree in international affairs from George Washington University and a degree in history from Cambridge, and she received her J.D. from UPenn. She lives with her husband and three children near Philadelphia, where, in addition to writing, she teaches law school.