Lullaby of Polish Girls

The Lullaby of Polish Girls

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jul 24, 2013

Dagmara Dominczyk talks about her new novel, The Lullaby of Polish Girls, about a girl who immigrates with her parents to the United States in the 1980s as political refugees from Poland. She is sent back to Poland to visit her grandmother on summer, and she develops intense friendships with two local girls and their bond is renewed every summer when Anna returns.

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