"'Every family has its paradise lost,' writes Pauline Baer de Perignon. Like the Camondos, the Rothschilds, the Ephrussis and other Jewish families whose art was looted in the war, her heritage is of epic proportions and this account of that past resurfacing today is as moving as it is fascinating. I could not put it down."
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Cécile David-Weill, author of Parents Under the Influence and The Suitors