Summary of Family Trust: A Novel: Conversation Starters
By Paul Mani
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Family Trust: A Novel by Kathy Wang: Conversation Starters
Stanley Huang will soon die and leave his millions to his two wives and two children. His first wife, Linda, barely got financial support from him. His son Fred is a disappointed middle manager who keeps hoping for a promotion in the investment firm he works for. His daughter Kate has a husband who works for a startup that hasn't started earning yet. Mary, Stanley's second wife, finds it increasingly hard to take care of her husband. Though they all look forward to their inheritance, they also start having doubts. Does Stanley really value their loyalty? How will life be without Stanley?
Family Trust is hailed by Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer as a whirlwind novel and is "a joy to read from start to finish." It is People magazine's Book of the Week.
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EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER
than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,
and the characters and its world still live on.
Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to
bring us beneath the surface of the page
and invite us into the world that lives on.
These questions can be used to create hours of conversation:
Foster a deeper understanding of the book
Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups
Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately
Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before
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Introducing Family Trust
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AMILY TRUST IS A DEBUT NOVEL BY KATHY WANG. IT FEATURES THE story of a Taiwanese-American family living in Silicon Valley.
Afflicted with pancreatic cancer, Stanley Huang and his family face the reality that he will soon die and leave his millions of savings to his two wives and two children. His first wife, Linda, wants to make sure that their children, Fred and Kate, will receive money from their father, though knowing that she barely got financial support from her ex-husband. Fred is a disappointed middle manager who keeps hoping for a promotion in the investment firm he works for. Kate works in a tech company with a demanding boss. She has two young children and a husband who works for a startup that hasn't started earning yet. Mary Zhu, Stanley's second wife, finds it increasingly hard to take care of her husband. Stanley's families look forward to their inheritance, but they start having doubts about the promised money. They also start asking questions about Stanley's real regard for his wives and children. Has he really valued their loyalty? How will life be without