The Descendants

Kaui Hart Hemmings

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English

Vintage
04 December 2017

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Now a major motion picture starring George Clooney.

A descendant of one of Hawaii's largest landowners, Matt King finds his luck changed when his fun-loving, filghty wife Joanie falls into a coma, victim of a boating accident. Matt is left in sole charge of his two daughters, teenage ex-model and recovering drug addict Alex, and Scottie, a feisty ten-year-old.

And then Matt discovers Joanie has been having an affair. Deciding to seek out Joanie's lover so that he too has a chance to say his goodbyes, Matt takes to the road with his daughters on a memorable journey of painful revelations and unexpected humour...

By: Kaui Hart Hemmings
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 213g
ISBN: 9781784707156
ISBN 10: 1784707155
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 04 December 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kaui Hart Hemmings is the author of the critically acclaimed short-story collection House of Thieves. Her writing has appeared in Zoetrope, Best American Voices 2006, and Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004. Hemmings grew up in Hawaii and lives with her husband and daughter in San Francisco.

Reviews for The Descendants

Shockingly irreverent and funny while exerting that all-important emotional tug... A well-plotted, unexpectedly twisting saga * Guardian * Kaui Hart Hemmings' assured touch and her fine grasp of the absurd ensures that this novel steers a deliciously scenic route between heartbreak and hilarity * Daily Mail * Gripping and funny... A brave and intelligent novel * Sunday Telegraph * An assured and subtle writer. The islands rise lush and untamed in the background * Observer * Utterly original and absolutely compelling... a fantastic first novel -- Geoff Dyer

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The Descendants

Kaui Hart Hemmings

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