The Descendants

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<p>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.</p><p>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...</p>

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

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