This amazing book is the first book I’ve read by Ms DiMaio. I’ll be looking for more. Emma Koehler was an incredible woman who was a forerunner to the women’s movement. Her husband, Otto, was not a loving husband, and eventually had two mistresses, both named Emma. He owned several businesses, one of them a brewery. When he asked for a divorce, Emma refused, and seized the opportunity to be on the board of the brewery in exchange for her silence about his mistresses. After his death, she played an active role in keeping the brewery in business through Prohibition and the Great Depression. In the book she tells her story to a young woman she hired to write her memoir. The book switches back and forth between her past and 1943. I’m not always fond of authors switching back and forth in time because it can be confusing, but Ms DiMaio writes in such a way that the changes are easy to follow. Historical fiction readers should not miss this book! I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley and the publisher. All opinions expressed are my own.