House of gold

Vienna 1911. Greta Coldbaum has always dreamed of choosing her life's path but her family one of the wealthiest in the world has different expectations. Goldbaum men are bankers; Goldbaum women marry Goldbaum men and produce Goldbaum children. Jewish and perpetual outsiders they know that while power lies in wealth strength lies in family. So Greta moves to England to wed Albert a distant cousin. Difiant and lonely she longs for a place to call her own. When Albert's mother gives her a garden things begin to change. But war is looming and even the influential Goldbaums can't alter its course.--back cover