Meet Lisa Barr. She’s an investigative reporter who morphed into a best-selling novelist. Her smile is as wide as the Grand Canyon, and her energy is infectious. And when she talks about her novels, she’s riveting. I was lucky to meet and hear Barr recently at the Celebrating Sisterhood event at the Mandel JCC Palm Beach Gardens in Florida. I was the co-chair of the event (left, below) along with my friend (right, below) Sandra Rosen.
More than 235 women attended the event. Barr gave the back story about her journalism career working for The Jerusalem Post, Moment magazine and Today’s Chicago Woman. One interesting note is that she happened to be on vacation in Washington D.C., while working at the Jerusalem Post. She was one of the few reporters who witnessed the handshake between Arafat and Rabin, orchestrated by President Bill Clinton. Unfortunately, peace was not attained and fast-forward to a world of rising anti-Semitism.
Barr personally is encountering anti-Semitism because as a Jewish author some publishing houses and literary events joined the cancel culture. See the recent article in The Hill.
Her grandmother, who was a Holocaust survivor, inspired her latest novel The Goddess of Warsaw. The protagonist is a fierce, dynamic woman who is determined to survive the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. She becomes a Hollywood starlit with many secrets. Barr unravels the plot in a captivating, compelling narrative.
Read this five-star novel!
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