The Wentworths
Katie Arnoldi
The Wentworths
Katie Arnoldi
Reviewed by Ashley
Merrill
Once
the introductions are made, Katie Arnoldi sends you
into their world. You become like a peeping Tom, as you will, to this
family. You have a front row seat into
all of the unhealthy ways this very rich family copes with life. You
witness
how they choose to only see what they want, how snobby they are, how
they are
in denial about Becky, the Wentworth’s daughters’ drug problem, their
grandsons
kleptomania, their fifteen year old granddaughters cocaine addiction,
and the
fact that their youngest son, Norman isn’t gay because he’s retarded
and
doesn’t know any better; he’s gay because he’s gay, end of
The way that Katie
Arnoldi allows her readers to view all
of this is to do kind of what she did with the introductions. She sets
it up
into short chapters, and in the title of each chapter is one of the
family
members’ names, so you know whose head you are getting into and what
viewpoints
you are going to see. One page you might be in
The
plot of the story is a simple one. It is all about
this family and how they function day to day. The end is a big climax,
with a
tragedy happening within the family. Just as you think they cannot get
any more
dysfunctional, they do, but in a weird way their tragedy brings them
together
and good things come of it.
This
story is worth the read and I cannot think of one
type of audience that I would tell to ignore this book, unless you
happen to be
a member of a wealthy family who is blind to all of the unhealthy
things you
all do. Also, if you happen to have maids and/or housekeepers than you
may not
want to read this because you may find out the truth of how they can
get back
at you for being mean and snobby to them without you even being aware
they are
rebelling…