Family Trust

Stanley Huang is dying of cancer. He is the patriarch of a first-generation Chinese American family, all of whom have been successful in Silicon Valley. Then again, their achievements are questionable. His daughter Kate and son Fred are both dealing with failed marriages. His second wife, Mary, wants to make sure she inherits as much as possible, while his first wife, Linda, worries about her children's inheritances. Everyone is jockeying for Stanley's pile of money, which may or may not exist. As Stanley's health continues to deteriorate, Fred loses his job, Kate discovers her husband's mistress, Linda meets a man on an online dating site, and Mary searches through Stanley's files for bank statements and credit cards. While many are comparing this novel to Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians, it's much more about family relationships than about the wealth the Huang family displays. It's also about the machinations of Silicon Valley, where start-ups fight one another for proprietary rights and scam artists are constantly working the Internet.