Tap cover to enlarge

A Milwaukee Inheritance

Published
Sep 2019
Main Genre
General Fiction General Fiction
Pages
232

About This Book

"Successful Yale Law School grad Andy Simonson returns to Milwaukee if not in triumph, at least thinking he is better off than his blue-collar upbringing. However, coming home again proves to be less than it's cracked up to be. A childhood friend lands him an associate gig at a big downtown firm. He settles into a lakeside mansion with his mercurial wife, Moira. Then his mother exacts a deathbed promise that he take over as landlord of her rundown duplex on the East Side--complete with delinquent occupants.
Moira is becoming obsessed with starting a family; Andy is becoming obsessed by thoughts of her friend Patsy. An unwinnable domestic dispute involving his shady tenant (and former classmate) Frankie ""The Pin"" Pignatano takes over more and more of his life. As tensions rise at home, at work, and in the duplex, Andy is forced to decide which vows he can honor.
This slow-burning, finely textured portrait of family dynamics pivots on secrets between generations and how the shadows of the past can darken the future."

Genres & Themes

Buy This Book

Formats & Editions

Browse the different covers, formats, and publication history for this title.

Hardcover

Hardcover edition cover
Hardcover
First Edition Sep 2019 University of Wisconsin Press ISBN 0299325709
Buy

eBook

eBook edition cover
eBook
Sep 2019 University of Wisconsin Press ISBN 0299325784
Buy
eBook edition cover
eBook
Sep 2019 University of Wisconsin Press ISBN B081L6H5DW
Buy