Seventeen-year-old Marysia thought she was prepared for anything. But nothing could prepare her for the Krakow ghetto. Or Auschwitz.
Separated from her family, Marysia follows her mother in the hope of staying safe. That hope is shattered when they’re packed onto a train and sent to the most infamous death camp in history.
In line for the first selection, Marysia finds a discarded tube of lipstick. With trembling hands, she dabs color onto her and her mother’s cheeks—an act of defiance that may have saved their lives.
Lipstick in Auschwitz is a powerful true story of survival, courage, and the fierce bond between mother and daughter in the face of unspeakable horror. Readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Librarian of Auschwitz will not forget this story.
