Family Trust

Meet Stanley Huang father, husband, ex husband, man of unpredictable tastes and temper, aficionado of all inclusive vacations and bargain luxury goods, newly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer For years, Stanley has claimed that he s worth a small fortune But the time is now coming when the details of his estate will finally be revealed, and Stanley s family is nervous.For his son Fred, the inheritance Stanley has long alluded to would soothe the pain caused by years of professional disappointment By now, the Harvard Business School graduate had expected to be a financial tech god not a minor investor at a middling corporate firm, where he isn t even allowed to fly business class.Stanley s daughter, Kate, is a middle manager with one of Silicon Valley s most prestigious tech companies She manages the capricious demands of her world famous boss and the needs of her two young children all while supporting her would be entrepreneur husband just until his startup gets off the ground, which will surely be soon But lately, Kate has been sensing something amiss just because you say you have it all, it doesn t mean that you actually do Stanley s second wife, Mary Zhu, twenty eight years his junior, has devoted herself to making her husband comfortable in every way rubbing his feet, cooking his favorite dishes, massaging his ego But lately, her commitment has waned caring for a dying old man is far difficult than she expected.Linda Liang, Stanley s first wife, knows her ex better than anyone She worked hard for decades to ensure their financial security, and is determined to see her children get their due Single for nearly a decade, she might finally be ready for some romantic companionship But where does a seventy two year old Chinese woman in California go to find an appropriate boyfriend As Stanley s death approaches, the Huangs are faced with unexpected challenges that upend them and eventually lead them to discover what they most value A compelling tale of cultural expectations, career ambitions and our relationships with the people who know us best, Family Trust skewers the ambition and desires that drive Silicon Valley and draws a sharply loving portrait of modern American family life. Download Family Trust By Kathy Wang – kino-fada.fr Stanley is a very successful man He came to this country poverty stricken, but look at him now Very rich As a Chinese man, he has been obstinate, easy to anger Frightening his wife and children until, unable to cope with his predefined expectations, His wife divorces him.What to do Mary comes along to rub his feet, cook his favorite food She is described as a placid cow but she knows it isn t so This is just the life of a good Chinese woman Now that Stanley has suddenly been diagnosed wi Stanley is a very successful man He came to this country poverty stricken, but look at him now Very rich As a Chinese man, he has been obstinate, easy to anger Frightening his wife and children until, unable to cope with his predefined expectations, His wife divorces him.What to do Mary comes along to rub his feet, cook his favorite food She is described as a placid cow but she knows it isn t so This is just the life of a g...The story starts off by introducing us to the patriarch of the family Stanley Huang, divorced father of two and remarried to Mary who is twenty eight years his junior Stanley has recently been diagnosed with cancer and his family must now deal with the reality that his time is limited The story is told in point of view from each character in the book Fred the son who is a Harvard Business School graduate who comes across whiney and unfulfilled with his life Kate who works for a successful co T...When Huang family patriarch Stanley receives a harrowing diagnosis from his doctor, his family is forced to confront the reality that he has very little time left They accept the news with varying degrees of grief Stanley s children, Fred and Kate, can t fully forgive his transgressions from their childhood Stanley s ex wife, Linda, still resents how badly he handled the money she made for them when they were married And Stanley s much younger second wife, Mary, accepts that caring for an el When Huang family patriarch Stanley receives a harrowing diagnosis from his doctor, his family is forced to confront the reality that he has very little time left They accept the news with varying degrees of grief Stanley s children, Fred and Kate, can t fully forgive his transgressions from their childhood Stanley s ex wife, Linda, still resents how badly he handled the money she made for them when they were married And Stanley s much younger second wife, Mary, accepts that caring for an elderly man is exactly what she signed up for as long as a windfall is on the other side But no one knows exactly how much Stanley is worth, or the contents...Well written book that she s trust as a noun and a verb When a parent is dying, what happens with relationships I liked the storyline yet it felt a little empty to me.This book is amazing.If you come from a family with no money, this will fascinate you If you come from a family with tons of money, this will fascinate you too And make you cringe And laugh And yell OMG NO in response to some of this wild dialog.Anyway I really enjoyed it, so Highly recommend.This is a tough book to characterize, but I loved it There are so many misconceptions about the wealthy This book pokes and prods those, revealing that some clich s have merit and others arecomplex than one may imagine The Bay Area Silicon Valley is sort of a hotbed of new...Stanley is dying All any of his family are concerned about is whether he has set up a Family Trust and named them as trustees.Stanley is the domineering and occasionally abusive father of Kate and Fred Their mother and Stanley s ex wife, Linda, is concerned that Stanley will leave his substantial estate to his new younger wife Mary rather than their children Linda, Kate and Fred have romantic issues The siblings work in the high stress Silicon Valley Kate as a manager in an Apple clone and Stanley is dying All any of his family are concerned about is whether he has set up a Family Trust and named them as trustees.Stanley is the domineering and occasionally abusive father of Kate and Fred Their mother and Stanley s ex wife, Linda, is concerned that Stanley will leave his substantial estate to his new younger wife Mary rather than their children Linda, Kate and Fred have romantic issues The siblings work in the high stress Silicon Valley Kate as a manager in an Apple clone and ...When Stanley Huang is diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, his family must face their life choices Told from the points of view of Stanley, his two children Fred and Kate, his ex wife and mother of his children Linda, and Mary his new wife, this is a story about a family coming to terms with the reality of aging, deathand life in Silicone Valley Linda, has embarked on a new online dating service that may not be on the up and up Fred, a graduate of Harvard business school, is struggling When Stanley Huang is diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, his family mu...This book was well written, and you can almost feel the energy and time put into each character Each of the characters took on a certain stereotype and explored the inner thought processes of each This book took me longer to read than most, and I m sure that is probably because I couldn t relate well to any of the characters as individuals However, the situations they went through were able to grasp onto me and I felt their pain Good book After writing this review a few hours ago I just d This book was well written, and you can almost feel the energy and time put into each character Each of the characters took on a certain stereotype and explored the inner thought processes of e...I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway and was very excited to read this book but for me this book was a rough read I know that the author wanted to introduce each character however I through it was way over done I felt like I was reading the autobiographies of each character rather than a introduction By half way I got frustrated with waiting to find the point of the book and had to dnf it instead sorry to say the cover of the book which was very eye catching was the only thing I ended up li I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway and was very excited to read this book but for me this book was a rough read I know that the author wanted to introduce each character however I through it was way over done I felt like I was reading the autobiographies of each character rather than a introduction By half way I got frustrated with waiting to find the point of the book and had to dnf it instead sorry to say the cover of the book which was very eye catching was the ...

• 19 June 2018
Kathy Wang
• Hardcover
• 400 pages
• 0062855255
• Kathy Wang
• Family Trust