The Beneficiary: Fortune, Misfortune, and the Story of My Father

This is a captivating tale of an American family's fortunes that explores the weight of inheritance, the tenacity of addiction, and the power of buried secrets.

Through a warm and personal lens, journalist Janny Scott excavates the rarefied world that shaped her charming, unknowable father, Robert Montgomery Scott, providing an incisive look at the impact of extraordinary good fortune on lifetime choices.

With a light touch and crystalline prose, Scott raises questions about our new Gilded Age, making this a parable for today's inequality.

Don't miss out on this poignant addition to the literature of moneyed glamour and its inevitable tarnish and decay - order now!