The family presented here is far from ordinary. Life in their Manhattan townhouse includes a ballroom, four servants, five children, and their happily married parents. Trips to Palm Beach, Florida and foreign countries make for a change of scenery, as does a summer home in Connecticut. But the man of the house, a successful architect, seems to be battling his own specific thing remembered. Why? Someday he knows he must reveal it to his children. Rich in Gilded Age period detail and emotional depth, this powerful historical fiction novel reveals how resilience, sacrifice, and deep love sustain the human spirit through unexpected catastrophe.