A priceless antique violin that travels through three centuries before it reaches the hands of a German family that lived through Nazi rule. The violin becomes the heirloom of the daughters of the family who disperse after the fall of Nazism and the extension of the Berlin Wall. Their paths diverge between searching and fleeing, and they meet after many decades in a country they never expected. A different novel that takes you through places and ideas to see the diaspora of its heroes and the transformations of their destinies.