I’d heard good things about this book and so picked it up on a bit of a whim. I wouldn’t say it was worth all the rave reviews, but I did find as the book went on, I became more interested in the lives and the problems of the three women at its centre.
The first, Sasha, married into the wealthy Stockton family – but does not understand their ways. Because of this, members of the family have taken against her – and her husband, while loving, does not actively take her side enough. Worse still, they live in the traditional family home on Pineapple Street which all drop into on a whim, and that they do not feel they can change and make their own.
Farley was born into the family but deferred her inheritance to her children so as not to ask her husband Malcolm for a prenup. What seemed like the ultimate romantic gesture has consequences when Malcolm loses his lucrative banking job and Farley considers what she left behind to be his wife and full-time parent of their two children.
The third, Georgiana was the spoilt baby of the family – totally privileged and never thinks about money. She works for a non-profit and her life is a series of dinners and parties. But she too has change coming her way as people in her orbit encourage her to ask questions of her lifestyle and of the generations of inherited wealth at her disposal.
The book brings the three women together and apart and together again. It’s about family, money and the consequences of being raised with wealth. A solid outing that ends well for all.
Welloflostplots 