I look at the photo, which looks like those joke snapshots everyone takes of someone sleeping.
Joanie thought it would be cool to name her after Joanie’s father, Scott. I rehearse answers and reactions, but I’ve nailed only the lines that respond to favorable scenarios. I don’t know how to act, what to say, what to wear. Johnston said we’ll talk on Tuesday, and this appointment is making me nervous, as though it’s a romantic date. I don’t have any decisions to make, since Joanie has a living will. Actually, I’ll just have to find out what the doctor has to say about Joanie’s condition. Joanie has been in a coma for twenty-three days, and in the next few days I’ll have to make some decisions based on our doctor’s final verdict. I release the button when she is almost flat on her back. She fans herself with the photo, and I press the button on the side of the bed to lower my wife’s upper body. She takes a picture of her mother, a Polaroid. My wife is on the upright hospital bed, positioned the way people sleep on airplanes, her body stiff, head cocked to the side.
My brain is firing off messages that are loud and clear. The sun is shining, mynah birds are chattering, palm trees are swaying, so what. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Forced to examine what he owes not only to the living but to the dead, Matt takes to the road with his daughters to find his wife’s lover, a memorable journey that leads to both painful revelations and unforeseen humor and growth. The Kings can hardly picture life without her, but as they come to terms with this tragedy, their sadness is mixed with a sense of freedom that shames them–and spurs them into surprising actions.īefore honoring Joanie’s living will, Matt must gather her friends and family to say their final goodbyes, a difficult situation made worse by the sudden discovery that there is one person who hasn’t been told: the man with whom Joanie had been having an affair, quite possibly the one man she ever truly loved. Matt’s charismatic, thrill-seeking, high-maintenance wife, Joanie, lies in a coma after a boat-racing accident and will soon be taken off life support. His two daughters are out of control: Ten-year-old Scottie is a smart-ass with a desperate need for attention, and seventeen-year-old Alex, a former model, is a recovering drug addict. His missionary ancestors were financially and culturally progressive–one even married a Hawaiian princess, making Matt a royal descendant and one of the state’s largest landowners. Matthew King was once considered one of the most fortunate men in Hawaii.
Narrated in a bold, fearless, hilarious 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 legacy.
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