Publisher Description
In The Auerbach Will, the novel by America's most renowned chronicler of the rich, ambitious young Essie Litsky defies a rigid upbringing by immigrant Russian Jewish parents to achieve wealth and success.
But her children tear Essie and her husband Jack Auerbach's family apart in fights over their fortune, and Essie finds that money will not mend broken lives.
Stephen Birmingham concludes this complex family saga, set in the Park Avenue world he first portrayed in the bestselling Our Crowd, with a surprise revelation. The story of Essie Auerbach and the Auerbach Will is unforgettable.
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About Stephen Birmingham
Stephen Birmingham (1929–2015) was an American author of more than thirty books, several were New York Times bestsellers, and Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of New York made the #1 spot on the New York Times bestsellers list. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, he graduated from Williams College in 1953 and taught writing at the University of Cincinnati. His work focuses on the upper class in America. He has written about the African American elite in Certain People and prominent Jewish society in Our Crowd, The Grandees, and The Rest of Us. His work also encompasses several novels and nonfiction titles.
About the Narrators
Neil Hellegers grew up in New Jersey and attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a BA in theater arts and a minor in psychology before getting an MFA in acting from the Trinity Rep Conservatory in Providence, Rhode Island. He moved to New York City in 2003 and, since then, has made a career of theatrical performance, percussion, theater education, and audiobook narration. He currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son.
Larissa Ione is a former meteorologist, EMT, and air force veteran who now gets her daily dose of excitement from vampires, werewolves, demons, and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. She lives in wintery Wisconsin with her US Coast Guard husband, her son, a rescue cat named Vegas, and her hellhound, a King Shepherd named Hexe.