The Dutch House

By: Ann Patchett

Fiction

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.the...