The heirs : a novel / Susan Rieger.

ISBN: 9781101904718
ISBN: 1101904712
Physical Description: 254 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York : Crown, [2017]
Copyright: &copy;2017

Rieger, Susan, 1946- (author.).

Summary:

Six months after Rupert Falkes dies, leaving a grieving widow and five adult sons, an unknown woman sues his estate, claiming she had two sons by him. The Falkes brothers are pitched into turmoil, at once missing their father and feeling betrayed by him. In disconcerting contrast, their mother, Eleanor, is cool and calm, showing preternatural composure. Eleanor and Rupert had made an admirable life together - Eleanor with her sly wit and generosity, Rupert with his ambition and English charm - and they were proud of their handsome, talented sons: Harry, a brash law professor; Will, a savvy Hollywood agent; Sam, an astute doctor and scientific researcher; Jack, a jazz trumpet prodigy; Tom, a public-spirited federal prosecutor. The brothers see their identity and success as inextricably tied to family loyalty - loyalty they always believed their father shared. Stuggling to reclaim their identity, the brothers find Eleanor's sympathy toward the woman and her sons confounding. Widowhood has let her cast off the rigid propriety of her stifling upbringing and the brothers begin to question whether they knew either of their parents at all. --Dust jacket flap.