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Growing up in a wealthy Jewish family during the 1940s, the author navigates a tumultuous home life marked by her parents' constant conflicts. The memoir captures the stark contrast between their affluent lifestyle, filled with social gatherings and leisure, and the underlying emotional turmoil, including a philandering father and a discontented mother. Through evocative storytelling, the author explores themes of familial dysfunction and the quest for healing amidst the façade of prosperity, revealing a poignant narrative of a family struggling with both material wealth and spiritual fulfillment.