{"id":807,"date":"2016-10-27T01:07:52","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T05:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/activeseniorsdigest.ca\/wp_activeseniorsdigest\/?p=807"},"modified":"2016-10-27T01:07:52","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T05:07:52","slug":"a-dying-heiress-and-her-fortune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/activeseniorsdigest.ca\/wp_activeseniorsdigest\/?p=807","title":{"rendered":"A dying heiress and her fortune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/activeseniorsdigest.ca\/wp_activeseniorsdigest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/book_unfortunates.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-790\" src=\"http:\/\/activeseniorsdigest.ca\/wp_activeseniorsdigest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/book_unfortunates-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"book_unfortunates\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/activeseniorsdigest.ca\/wp_activeseniorsdigest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/book_unfortunates-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/activeseniorsdigest.ca\/wp_activeseniorsdigest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/book_unfortunates-768x1150.jpg 768w, http:\/\/activeseniorsdigest.ca\/wp_activeseniorsdigest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/book_unfortunates-684x1024.jpg 684w, http:\/\/activeseniorsdigest.ca\/wp_activeseniorsdigest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/book_unfortunates.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>The Unfortunates<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>By Sophie McManus<\/strong><br \/>\nPicador, Pan Books Limited<br \/>\nSoft Cover, 353 Pages<br \/>\nPicadorusa.com<\/p>\n<p>Cecilia Somner is dying. The wealthy heiress of a family fortune made from rubber needs a succession plan, with little hope from her two grown children, George and Pat.<\/p>\n<p>While in hospital, CeCe has time to think about her steely disposition and how this has affected her children, who we come to know through a series of comical, yet tragic events.<\/p>\n<p>Author Sophie McManus creates this dynamic group of characters to show the corruption of wealth and the inequities of poverty as the story unfolds about this matriarch, her two children and their families.<\/p>\n<p>Witty dialogue allows us to develop affection for all these oddball characters as they try to cope with all that life throws at them. This is a good summer read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Unfortunates By Sophie McManus Picador, Pan Books Limited Soft Cover, 353 Pages Picadorusa.com Cecilia Somner is dying. 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