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Brilliantly wrought, incisive, and stirring, The Heirs tells the story of an upper-crust Manhattan family approaching undone following the death of the patriarch. Half a year after Rupert Falkes dies, giving a grieving widow and five mature sons, an unidentified female sues his estate, claiming she acquired two sons by him. The Falkes brothers are pitched into turmoil, at once missing their daddy and sense betrayed by him. In disconcerting contrast, their mother, Eleanor, is cool and peaceful, demonstrating preternatural composure. Eleanor and Rupert acquired made an admirable life together - Eleanor with her sly wit and generosity, Rupert along with his ambition and British charm - and they were pleased with their handsome, talented sons: Harry, a brash legislations professor; Will, a savvy Hollywood agent; Sam, an astute doctor and technological researcher; Jack port, a jazz trumpet prodigy; Tom, a public-spirited federal government prosecutor. The brothers see their identification and success as inextricably tied to family loyalty - a loyalty they always presumed their father shared. Battling to reclaim their identification, the brothers find Eleanor's sympathy toward the woman and her sons confounding. Widowhood has let her cast off of the rigid propriety of her stifling upbringing, and the brothers start to question whether they knew either of the parents by any means. A riveting family portrait of a family group, advised with compassion, insight, and wit, The Heirs wrestles with the tangled aspect of inheritance and legacy for one unforgettable patrician NY family. Moving seamlessly by way of a constellation of abundant, arresting voices, The Heirs is an account out of Edith Wharton for the 21st hundred years.
