The Dutch House : Longlisted for the Women's Prize 2020 Warsan Shire HAPPY AND COMPASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS

HAPPY AND COMPASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS

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The Evening and the Morning

often confounding family events

The Dutch House : Longlisted for the Women's Prize 2020 Warsan Shire HAPPY AND COMPASSIONATE INDIVIDUALSAt the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. The story is told by Cyrils son Danny, as he and his older