Danielle S Leibowitz

"Monique, the coddled, youngest child of an established French Jewish family, marries Mathieu, a doctor, and has three children in quick succession. She becomes overwhelmed with raising them, and her childless sister, Francine, offers to take Collete, the youngest, with her to Tientsin, China, where she lives in the French Concession with her husband, Marcel. It is a temporary arrangement. The offer is made from a genuine desire to help. So begins...