A gripping historical novel about an extraordinary woman. Frankfurt, 1462: When the widowed furrier Wöhler learns that his only daughter Sibylla has died far from home, he suffers a fatal heart attack. The only witness is the laundress Martha. She seizes the opportunity, conceals Sibylla's death, and places her own daughter Luisa, who has always closely resembled Sibylla, in her stead. Luisa is glad to no longer be a laundress, but the fear of being discovered never leaves her. When she falls in love with the doctor Isaak Kopper, she finds herself in a dilemma. For the guild's rules dictate that she must marry a master if she wants to keep the furrier business. How will she decide?.