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The heirs a novel

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, Elea...

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Main Author: Rieger, Susan, 1946- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Crown, [2017]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Husbands > Death > Fiction.
Inheritance and succession > Fiction.
Betrayal > Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
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.
Physical Description: 254 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN: 9781101904718
1101904712
Author Notes: SUSAN RIEGER is the author of the 2014 novel The Divorce Papers .a She is a graduate of Columbia Law School and has worked as a residential College Dean at Yale and as associate provost at Columbia. She lives in New York City with her husband, the writer David Denby.

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