Evanston heiress Mary Jayne Gold, who helped rescue Jews and artists in Nazi-occupied France, is the inspiration for a new novel by a bestselling author

Mr. and Mrs. Egbert H. Gold with their two sons Egbert Jr. and Dick Gold and their daughter Mary Jayne Gold circa March 1926. Mary and Dick had just joined their parents and brother at the Nautilus Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. (Chicago Tribune archive)