The Family Fortune - Hardcover

Horowitz, Laurie

3.35

849 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060875267 ISBN 13: 9780060875268

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 2006

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Jane, the sensible and dependable middle daughter in an old-guard Boston Brahmin family whose once enormous fortune has vanished, finds herself the sole support of her charming but spendthrift widowed father, dilettante older sister, and younger married sister, until love unexpectedly turns her ordinary life upside down. A first novel. 25,000 first printing.

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"[Protagonist] Jane's voice is natural and lively....Horowitz captures her 'lifestyles of the rich and literary' milieu."--Publishers Weekly

"Horowitz has finely captured the bored silliness of WASP high society, creating a stylish portrait of an endangered species."--Kirkus Reviews

Horowitz has finely captured the bored silliness of WASP high society, creating a stylish portrait of an endangered species. --Kirkus Reviews"

[Protagonist] Jane s voice is natural and lively....Horowitz captures her lifestyles of the rich and literary milieu. --Publishers Weekly"

About the Author:

Laurie Horowitz began her career as a lawyer in suburban Boston before moving to California, where she became an agent at Creative Artists Agency. She now divides her time between Santa Monica, California, and the Bitterroot Valley in Montana.

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