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The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings (view source)
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On the face of it Matt King is a very lucky man. He's descended from one of Hawaii's largest landowners and is a wealthy man as well as being an attorney. He's married to the flighty, flirtatious Joanie and has two daughters, teenager Alex, a model who might just have a bit of a drug problem and ten year old Scottie. She feisty, clever and - for me - stole the book. Have you ever noticed that when luck changes it doesn't do it in baby steps? It does it in ''lumps''. Joanie is involved in a powerboat accident and sinks into an irreversible coma as a result of a head injury. But there's more piling up. Matt discovers that Joanie has been having an affair. Does the man who's been - er - enjoying his wife have the right to say his goodbyes too?
Matt King's a boy-man when the book opens. He doesn't really know his daughters - he always thought that he'd get into them later - and Joanie along with the housekeeper seem to keep life moving smoothly for him. Now he's got to make decisions for himself and his daughters - and for Joanie. He's got to get that one right, particularly as it's going to be the last thing that he can do ''for'' her and how it's done will have a lasting effect particularly on Scottie. He, his daughters and Alex's friend Sid set off on a journey to find Joanie's lover.