First Thursday Fiction Book Group: The Dutch House

At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia.  Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves.  Set over the course of five decades, The Dutch House is a dark fairy tale about two smart people who cannot overcome their past.  Despite every outward sign of success, sisters Danny and Maeve are only truly comfortable when they’re together. Throughout their lives they return to the well-worn story of what they’ve lost with humor and rage. But when at last they’re forced to confront the people who left them behind, the relationship between an indulged brother and his ever-protective sister is finally tested.

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