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Als der jüdische Kaufmann Jacob Hirschvogl 1897 zum Königlich-Bayerischen Hoflieferanten ernannt wird, glaubt er sich und seine Familie als gleichwertige Mitglieder der Münchner Gesellschaft anerkannt. Zwar begegnet seine Frau Thea Jacobs Enthusiasmus mit einer gewissen Skepsis, doch der Erfolg des Kaufhauses belehrt sie eines Besseren. Tochter Lily übernimmt das Kaufhaus am Münchner Rindermarkt in den goldenen 20ern und wähnt sich am Ziel aller Wünsche.

Ashamed of being duped by her handsome psychology professor, Josie Martin returns to Maine too proud to admit her foolishness to those closest to her. As the one-year anniversary of her father’s death approaches, she seeks solace in an old friend, Tripp Colton, and a new business venture that will prove to herself and her loved ones that she is still capable of success despite her overwhelming failure. When Josie announces she will not return to school to finish her graduate degree but wishes to remain in Camden, the entire family gets behind her idea to open and run a bed and breakfast.

All Maggie Acker ever wanted was to have a family of her own. Now, with her handsome, hardworking husband, Josh, and two adorable twin boys from his previous marriage, she is determined to be the wife and mother Josh’s ex-wife failed to be. But when one of the twins has a near-fatal health scare and is later diagnosed with diabetes, Maggie blames herself for not seeing the signs sooner. As the rest of the family slowly learns to live with the diagnosis, Maggie fights to gain control of her son’s health.

In the drought-ridden spring of 1934, Bena Jonnsen, her husband Ted, and their newborn baby relocate from their home in Minnesota to Pueblo, a Western plains town plagued by suffocating dust storms and equally suffocating social structures. Little can thrive in this bleak environment, neither Bena and Ted's marriage nor the baby, whom Bena believes - despite her husband's constant assurances - is slipping away from her.