A young German emigrant in the glamorous New York of the 1930s – and an immortal love that determines the fate of an entire family. When Esther cleans out the attic of her single-family home in Stuttgart, she comes across her mother Paula's elegant fox fur coat. Suddenly, all the painful memories come flooding back, as the coat has a long history: it dates back to Paula's years as a nanny for one of the richest families in New York. Esther knows how much her mother loved life in the vibrant metropolis of the 1930s, the jazz clubs, and the walks in Central Park – and a young lawyer named Norman. However, the coat also reminds Esther of all the secrets, the terrible betrayal, and ultimately Paula's sudden disappearance. And she knows that it is finally time to track down that great love of her life that forever changed her family's fate.