A strong woman reflecting her time, a lost world, and a great love: the moving first volume of Izabelle Jardin's family saga about the East Prussian family von Warthenberg.

Königsberg, 1930: The self-assured Constanze von Warthenberg is nineteen years old when she meets the sophisticated Clemens Rosanowski from Warsaw during a sailing regatta. It becomes a great love. Despite some resistance from Constanze's family, the couple marries and settles in Danzig. They experience years filled with ease.

However, the political situation in the old Hanseatic city becomes increasingly difficult under the new rulers, and with the outbreak of World War II, Clemens must fight against his homeland Poland as a soldier in the Wehrmacht.

His letters from the front become increasingly rare, and one day Constanze receives a devastating message. For her, a dramatic odyssey towards the West begins.