The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff is a powerful World War II novel about two women in a traveling circus who risk everything to save each other and the lives of Jewish children.
Sixteen year old Noa has been cast out by her family after becoming pregnant by a Nazi soldier. Working at a German railway station, she discovers a boxcar filled with Jewish infants bound for a concentration camp. In a moment of courage, she rescues one baby and flees.
Noa finds refuge with a traveling circus, where she meets Astrid, a Jewish aerialist hiding in plain sight. Astrid agrees to train Noa as a performer, and an unlikely friendship forms between the two women. But as the war intensifies and the circus comes under Nazi scrutiny, both women must make impossible choices to protect the child and each other.
A breathtaking story of friendship, sacrifice, and the extraordinary courage of ordinary people during the darkest chapter of history.
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