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The Entitled
The Entitled
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Life Among the One Percent
Carter and Jill Burton and their teenage daughter Melissa live comfortably in the upscale suburb of Excelsior, where prosperity is a birthright and opportunity abounds. Carter Burton moves effortlessly from a Yale degree and business school to become a master of the universe on Wall Street. Along the way he woos Jill, who becomes the architect of their perfect life. At first, happiness comes easily, like hanging bulbs on a Christmas tree: the sprawling mansion, the country club membership, and a daughter destined for the Ivy Leagues. But this sunny screenplay is rudely interrupted when Carter’s fortunes are hammered by the recession and a near fatal automobile accident with his daughter. He finds himself on life support at the firm—and alcohol at home—as he searches for the one big deal that will make everything right once again.
With both substance and style, this novel follows the Burtons as each family member’s odyssey tests the limits of love, trust, and their dreams for a perfect life. The Entitled really delivers, aiming both barrels at the thin veneer of social status, wealth, and privilege.
Carter and Jill Burton and their teenage daughter Melissa live comfortably in the upscale suburb of Excelsior, where prosperity is a birthright and opportunity abounds. Carter Burton moves effortlessly from a Yale degree and business school to become a master of the universe on Wall Street. Along the way he woos Jill, who becomes the architect of their perfect life. At first, happiness comes easily, like hanging bulbs on a Christmas tree: the sprawling mansion, the country club membership, and a daughter destined for the Ivy Leagues. But this sunny screenplay is rudely interrupted when Carter’s fortunes are hammered by the recession and a near fatal automobile accident with his daughter. He finds himself on life support at the firm—and alcohol at home—as he searches for the one big deal that will make everything right once again.
With both substance and style, this novel follows the Burtons as each family member’s odyssey tests the limits of love, trust, and their dreams for a perfect life. The Entitled really delivers, aiming both barrels at the thin veneer of social status, wealth, and privilege.
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