Four gen­er­a­tions. One remark­able hotel. Count­less secrets.

Nes­tled in the hills of West Vir­ginia lies White Sul­phur Springs, home to the Green­bri­er Resort. Long a play­ground for pres­i­dents and film stars, the Green­bri­er has its own grav­i­ta­tion­al pull. Over ten decades, four gen­er­a­tions of the Zel­ner fam­i­ly must grap­ple with their place in its shad­ow . . . and with­in their own fam­i­ly.

In 1942, young moth­er Sylvia is des­per­ate to escape her sti­fling mar­riage, espe­cial­ly when it means co-run­ning Zelner’s gen­er­al store with her hus­band. When the Green­bri­er is com­man­deered for use as a lux­u­ry prison, Sylvia finds her fideli­ty strained and her heart on the line.

Sev­en­teen years lat­er, Sylvia’s daugh­ter, Doree, strug­gles to fit in, eager­ly await­ing the day she’ll leave for col­lege and meet a nice Jew­ish boy. But when a hand­some stranger comes to town and her broth­er Alan’s curios­i­ty puts him and Sylvia at risk, Doree is torn between loy­al­ty and desire.

An immer­sive fam­i­ly saga rich with his­tor­i­cal detail, In the Shad­ow of the Green­bri­er explores the inevitable clash between past and future and the extra­or­di­nary moments in ordi­nary lives.