The wealthy Goldbaum family has mansions, business interests, and family members all around the world. When Greta moves to England to marry Albert, a distant cousin, she leaves the Vienna of 1911 and a life of making any of her own choices. The Goldbaum men are bankers; their wives are expected to have children, run households, and support their husbands. Only when Greta makes an ally in her mother-in-law and finds that she has a passion for gardening, does her life finally begin to feel like her own. Of course, readers know that WWI is coming. Being wealthy and being Jewish will not protect their families or their wealth. This is another sweeping, multigenerational novel from the talented author.
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