Kelly Rimmer - A varsói árva BK24-205267

"A varsói árva" is a historical novel by Kelly Rimmer, a New York Times bestseller set in Warsaw in 1942. Fourteen-year-old Elżbieta Rabi lives with her adoptive parents and initially watches the events in the nearby ghetto with innocence, until she befriends her neighbour Sara, who smuggles Jewish children out of the ghetto. Alongside her story runs that of sixteen-year-old Roman Gorka, who lives in the ghetto with his parents and siblings and whose hunger and hopelessness drive him to reckless acts that endanger himself and everyone working to save the children.

The novel is a moving story about life, resistance, survival and love. The author's books have sold more than one million copies worldwide and have been translated into twenty languages. This 2022 paperback edition from Libri Könyvkiadó has 424 pages and weighs 420 grams.