THE WENTWORTHS opens a window into the lives of a wealthy and powerful but dysfunctional Beverly Hills family. There's Gus, the adulterous patriarch; Judith, the abusive and longsuffering matriarch; Conrad, the oldest son who is a mean, sexually abusive attorney; Becky, the only daughter who has troubled children and a less than perfect marriage; and Norman, the youngest son who is gay and still lives in the pool house, where he watches and analyzes the doings of the rest of the family.

Conrad gets involved with a woman who won't take no for an answer, and Gus doesn't want to let go of a young woman who is using him only to provide a better life for her child. When the lives of these two women collide, the family members and their longstanding interactions fall. It becomes apparent that beneath the luster and prestige of old money lie the same vices and problems experienced by the poor and powerless—jealousy, prejudice, bigotry, infidelity, sexual fetishes, greed, and every other xxx imaginable.

Katie Arnold provides a quirky, funny, and definitely off- center tale in THE WENTWORTHS that is equally satisfying and jarring. Get ready to laugh, to sigh, to grimace...and to thank God that your life—whatever that may be—is as good as it is.