In 1960's Manhattan, movie-star handsome Peter Rashkin runs a sucessful restaurant and appears to have the world at his feet. But inside Peter is wracked with guilt and grief over having survived the Holocaust, while his wife and two young daughters did not. The kitchen is the only place Peter finds any semblance of peace, until he meets up-and-coming model, June. Though many years younger than he, the two begin a relationship that seems to lift Peter from his depths of despair. But the past continues to haunt him and his refusal to talk about it builds a wall between himself and June that even marriage and a family cannot breach. June and their daughter, Elsbeth, must find their own ways to combat the constant shadow of the past they are forced to live with. Another gripping, heart-wrenching story from Blum. She seamlessly weaves Peter's memories of Germany onto the page while just as deftly describing New York from the 60's into the 80's. But it's her characters that pull you in and don't let go, even after you're done with the book.