# The Descendants

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- Authors: [Kaui Hart Hemmings](https://www.bookquiver.com/kaui-hart-hemmings)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2008-09-04
- Genres: Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general

## Description

A descendant of one of Hawaii's largest landowners, Matt King finds his luck changed when his fun-loving, filghty wife Joanie falls into a coma, victim of a boating accident. Matt is left in sole charge of his two daughters, teenage ex-model and recovering drug addict Alex, and Scottie, a feisty ten-year-old. And then Matt discovers Joanie has been having an affair. Deciding to seek out Joanie's lover so that he too has a chance to say his goodbyes, Matt takes to the road with his daughters on a memorable journey of painful revelations and unexpected humour...

## Editions

### The Descendants

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-17-8470-715-6
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2017-12-04
- Language: en_GB

### The Descendants

- Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
- ISBN: 978-08-1298-295-4
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2011-10-04
- Language: en_US

### The Descendants

- Publisher: Vintage Digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-0701-571-2
- Published: 2008-09-04
- Language: en_GB