Summary

From the author of The Unkillable Kitty O'Kane comes a gripping novel about finding the American Dream--and what it costs.

In 1913, Sarah Levine leaves her small village and sails to New York to start a promising new life with her husband, Micha. But all Sarah really wants is what has come so easily to her sisters--a family of her own. Finally, in her new home, her dream comes true...but at a terrible cost. She names the baby girl Liberty after the great statue in the harbor that she saw when she first came to America.

From struggling to raise Liberty in a Lower East Side tenement to building a fashion empire, the only constants in Sarah's life are her love for her daughter and the terrible secret that she must keep. Sarah gives Liberty everything she has, but the truth cannot stay hidden forever. As Liberty grows to womanhood and the world prepares to go to war again, Sarah is asked to make one last impossible choice...