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Narrated in a fearless voice full of bold hilarity and set against the lush, panoramic backdrop of Hawaii, The Descendants is a stunning debut novel about an unconventional family forced to come together and re-create its own legacy...A descendant of one of Hawaii's largest landowners, Matthew King finds his luck has changed. His two daughters - Scottie, a feisty ten-year-old, and Alex, a teenage recovering drug addict - are out of control; his thrill-seeking, high-maintenance wife, Joanie, lies in a coma after a boat-racing accident and will soon be taken off life support. Suddenly the King family must come to terms with this tragedy - and with the shameful sense of freedom that comes with it.As Matt gathers Joanie's friends and family to say their final goodbyes, a difficult situation is made worse by the discovery that one person hasn't been told - the man with whom Joanie has been having an affair. Forced to examine what he owes not only to the living but also to the dead, Matt takes to the road with his daughters to find his wife's lover on a memorable journey of painful revelations and unforeseen humour.
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- Title The Descendants
- Author Kaui Hart Hemmings
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Random House Group, New York, NY
- Date 2008-05-01
- Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780812977820 / 0812977823
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8 in (20.07 x 13.21 x 2.03 cm)
- Ages 14 to 18 years
- Grade levels 9 - 13
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- Cultural Region: Oceania
- Geographic Orientation: Hawaii
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Family
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008274245
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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- Entertainment Weekly, 09/04/2015, Page 44
- People Weekly, 05/26/2014, Page 49
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