Stars Over Barbed Wire: A Story of Courage, Memory, and Survival

In Nazi-occupied Paris, successful novelist Bernadette watches the life she built begin to vanish. Branded unacceptable under antisemitic laws, she is forbidden to publish and urged to flee. Yet abandoning her city, her identity, and those who cannot escape feels impossible. As persecution tightens its grip, storytelling becomes more than a vocation—it becomes an act of defiance.

Elsewhere, in a Europe already fractured by old wounds and gathering war, young Ukrainian dressmaker Zirka eagerly awaits the arrival of a cousin displaced from Kraków. Their meeting promises to reunite a family divided for decades, even as political upheaval and the threat of invasion darken the future.

Moving between women whose lives are transformed by war, Stars Over Barbed Wire explores courage, kinship, artistic resistance, and the power of preserving the stories of those at risk of being erased. Rich in period atmosphere and grounded in the human cost of occupation and prejudice, this historical novel follows ordinary people facing impossible choices while holding fast to love, memory, and hope.