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  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407015712
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 304

The Descendants




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...

  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407015712
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 304

About the author

Kaui Hart Hemmings

Kaui Hart Hemmings is the author of the novel, The Descendants, which was made into a major motion picture, and 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.

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