I read other reviews and some were right—this is not a
turkey-on-rye-DRY kind of read. Thank Goodness. Estate Piracy destroys famliies, break hearts as baby boomers near the end of their opportunity to EVER recover. ONE reviewer who said the author was just using her book as a personal cartharasis should be
kicked out of the "human heart" club. There is something to learn (and beware) in every story of this kind of family betrayal which may be the least punishable of all dastardly crimes. A sleazy relative and a bored attorney can "wink wink" their way to setting the perfect trap for a trusting heir. Too many parents of baby boomers failed to protect their heirs, in particular their daughters, while the daughters do not want to believe that leftover Victorian principles still have a death grip on many unenlightened males of the generation.
It is greatly to the financial advantage of arrogant males to stay stupid, and nothing enhances the self esteem of a mysoganous, wicked man more than "I am going to hurt you, sibling dear, and there's nothing you can do about it." THAT man requires a few hundred more years of evolution. Problem is, he doesn't believe in evolution (either as evolutionary science or personal growth in himself) because in his own mind, HE is the legend of his own time.
