It is 1938 in Vienna and Hitler’s brutal occupation of Austria forces Maria Altman and her new husband to flee. But the Nazis are after not only the family but their irreplaceable art collection, especially the dazzling painting of a young Jewish woman, Maria’s aunt Adele, painted by the infamous Gustave Klimt. In this novelization of a true story, Maria is forced to summon the courage that is her aunt’s legacy to keep her family history alive.