The Last Will and Testament of Henry Hoffman

Author(s): John Tesarsch

Fiction

When their reclusive father, Henry, shoots himself, the lives of three brilliant and unconventional siblings are upended. His daughter Eleanor finds a will: Henry has left his entire estate to a mystery woman. Hiding this from her brother and sister, Eleanor sets out to uncover the confronting truth about her father's past.

Henry, though, isn't the only Hoffman with secrets. As his children fall out over their inheritance, they learn things about each other they could never even have imagined.

The Last Will and Testament of Henry Hoffman is a story of love, loss and survival. Its subjects are those that affect us all: family conflict, guilt and redemption, and how trauma resonates across generations.

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Terrific storytelling. I could not put it down. And the legal bits are completely, brutally, plausible. -- Julian Burnside

John Tesarsch’s impressive novel moves between the bushfire-threatened outskirts of Melbourne to wartime Vienna and San Francisco during the global financial crisis, in a search for resolution of a family crisis that reveals the deeper crises of our volatile times. It is a vivid and engaging work. -- Brenda Walker

General Fields

  • : 9781922213884
  • : Affirm Press
  • : Affirm Press
  • : 0.371
  • : July 2015
  • : 210mm X 137mm X 26mm
  • : Australia
  • : July 2015
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 160
  • : 715
  • : Paperback
  • : John Tesarsch