Fiction. Literature. HTML:Narrated in a bold, fearless, unforgettable voice and set against the lush, panoramic backdrop of Hawaii, The Descendants is a stunning debut novel about an unconventional family forced to come together and re-create its own legacyâ??and the inspiration for the major motion picture starring George Clooney.

Fortunes have changed for the King family, descendants of Hawaiian royalty and one of the stateâ??s largest landowners. Matthew Kingâ??s daughtersâ??Scottie, a feisty ten-year-old, and Alex, a seventeen-year-old recovering drug addictâ??are out of control, and their charismatic, thrill-seeking mother, Joanie, lies in a coma after a boat-racing accident. She will soon be taken off life support. As Matt gathers his wifeâ??s friends and family to say their final goodbyes, a difficult situation is made worse by the sudden discovery that thereâ??s one person who hasnâ??t been told: the man