1920: Karl Kirschbaum belonged to the island of Amrum like the waves to its beaches. After his death, the ‘sea hospital’ he founded for children suffering from lung conditions seems doomed. His conniving daughter-in-law wants to turn the hospital into a luxury hotel. Only the eldest of his three granddaughters,
Frieda, fights to keep the hospital open, even if it means ending her studies at the university hospital in Hamburg and returning to the island where her heart was broken not long ago. But she has no idea how far Kurt’s daughter-in-law will go to realise her plans…