The Unfortunates |
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| Author:
| McManus, Sophie |
| ISBN: | 978-0-09-955907-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2016 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House
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| Imprint: | Windmill Books |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $19.99 |
Book Description:
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CeCe Somner, an eccentric heiress once known for her cruel wit as much as for her tremendous generosity, now faces opulent decline. Afflicted with a rare disease and touched by mortality for the first time, her gilded, bygone values collide with an unforgiving present. As her troubled, spoiled son George and his outsider wife Iris struggle to resolve mounting financial and familiar troubles, Cece must face the Somner dynasty's dark legacy. But when George's secrets culminate in an...
More DescriptionCeCe Somner, an eccentric heiress once known for her cruel wit as much as for her tremendous generosity, now faces opulent decline. Afflicted with a rare disease and touched by mortality for the first time, her gilded, bygone values collide with an unforgiving present. As her troubled, spoiled son George and his outsider wife Iris struggle to resolve mounting financial and familiar troubles, Cece must face the Somner dynasty's dark legacy. But when George's secrets culminate in an unexpected crime, no riches can put things right for the unfortunate Somners. What will become of all three, who must learn what life will be like beyond the long, shimmering shadow cast by the family's past?