The Californians

 The Californians, a book written by Brian Castle, spans 100 years in California. One hundred years earlier Klaus Aaronsohn, a Jewish German immigrant, reinvented himself as a silent film director by the name of Klaus Stiegl. He becomes a famous movie director. His granddaughter, Di Stiegl grows up in Palm Springs. She becomes a successful artist in New York City. In 2014 Tobey, a college dropout currently working as a waiter, looses all his belongings in a Northern California wildfire. He steals three of Di Stiegl's paintings from his father to fund a new beginning for himself. This was an interesting story to read.