The family inheritance

It was Felicity's fiftieth birthday party, The guests had arrived and were admiring the new extensions to the house. Felicity's parents had not yet arrived but that was not unusual as her father was known to be difficult. The guests were getting ready to toast Felicity when disaster struck. Her mother phoned to say that her father was dead ... and that was the end of the party.

In The Family Inheritance Tricia Stringer provides the reader with the story of what turns out to be a dysfunctional family that implodes after the reading of Felicity's father's will. 

The novel largely concentrates on the effects of the will on the lives of Felicity, her daughter, Greta, her mother, Hazel, and Alice, a mystery woman who appears at the funeral. Long held family secrets are finally exposed impacting on the future lives of the family members both financially and emotionally. 

This is therefore a story of the attempts to reunite a family as its members readjust to the drastic changes in their lives and reaccess how their future lives will be lived, forge new friendships and grasp new opportunities.