Now available in paperback! Rich in splendor and filled with dark chapters, the story of the extraordinary Salz family begins in the early 20th century. In the 1940s, Lola Salz embarks on an odyssey across the German Empire; her daughter Aveline describes life with her in the 1960s as a horror. Kurt Salz is part of a magnificent turning point comedy in 1989, while his daughter Emma Salz investigates her shadow and the truth in 2015. Always at the center: the magnificent hotel 'Fürstenhof' in Leipzig, home and livelihood of the Salz family – and the question: what shadows do we cast on the generations after us?.