In 1964, Vivian Schuyler receives an overseas parcel in the mail. The contents draw her back into her family's past, and the hushed-over crime of an aunt she never knew. Berlin, 1914: Violet Schuyler Grant endures her marriage to scientist Dr. Walter Grant; he provides the support to her position as a young American female physicist. As Vivian digs deeper into her aunt's past and the mystery of her ultimate fate, Violet's story sheds light on the darkness of her years abroad.
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