The Resistance Painter
A Novel
Kath Jonathan
- An
- evocative
- work
- of
- historical
- fiction,
- examining
- the
- little-known
- story
- of
- Poland’s
- extraordinary
- WW
- ll
- resistance
- army
- and
- the
- contemporary
- lives
- of
- two
- artists,
- grandmother
- and
- granddaughter,
- inextricably
- linked
- by
- a
- wartime
- betrayal.Warsaw
- 1939.
- Irena
- Marianowska’s
- dreams
- of
- attending
- art
- school
- in
- Paris
- are
- crushed
- when
- the
- Nazis
- invade
- Poland.
- Instead,
- she
- joins
- the
- Home
- Army
- and,
- together
- with
- her
- resistance
- cell,
- risks
- her
- life
- guiding
- people
- to
- safety
- through
- the
- sewers
- of
- Warsaw.
- In
- 1942,
- after
- a
- harrowing
- mission,
- she
- returns
- home
- to
- learn
- that
- her
- sister,
- Lotka,
- has
- been
- abducted
- by
- the
- Gestapo.
- In
- her
- search
- for
- Lotka,
- Irena
- encounters
- a
- host
- of
- characters
- who
- lead
- her
- into
- greater
- danger.Toronto
- 2010.
- Jo
- Blum
- lives
- in
- Toronto
- with
- her
- beloved
- grandmother,
- a
- lauded
- painter
- of
- WWII
- and
- a
- decorated
- war
- hero.
- Jo
- has
- a
- budding
- career
- creating
- sculptures
- for
- grave
- sites
- based
- on
- the
- life
- stories
- of
- her
- dying
- clients.
- Her
- recorded
- interviews
- with
- Stefan,
- her
- new
- Polish
- client,
- unveil
- an
- heroic
- wartime
- past
- eerily
- similar
- to
- her
- grandmother’s.
- But
- Jo’s
- quest
- to
- uncover
- the
- truth
- about
- Stefan
- and
- her
- grandmother
- opens
- an
- explosive
- Pandora’s
- box
- whose
- shockwaves
- threaten
- everything
- she’s
- known
- about
- her
- family.The
- Resistance
- Painter
- will
- resonate
- with
- fans
- of
- The
- Berlin
- Apartment,
- The
- Secret
- History
- of
- Audrey
- James,
- Woman
- with
- the
- Blue
- Star,
- The
- Book
- of
- Lost
- Names,
- The
- Tattooist
- of
- Auschwitz,
- The
- German
- Girl,
- and
- The
- Dutch
- Wife,
- confronting
- questions
- about
- the
- stories
- we
- tell
- about
- our
- lives
- and
- whether
- buried
- secrets
- should
- stay buried.
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