<b>MEET THE EDWARDS FAMILY</b><br/><br/>Tom Edwards is dying, and cranky. He's made his peace with the dying part. But he'd bet his property - the whole ten thousand acres of it - that there'd be no wailing at his funeral. His kids wouldn't be able to chop down a tree, let alone build a coffin to bury him in. <br/><br/>Then Tom has an idea ... <br/><br/>Christine is furious, David ashen-faced, and Sophie distracted. Only Jenny listens carefully as Vince Barton, of Barton &amp; Sons, reads their father's will. Either they build his coffin - in four days - or they lose their inheritance. All of it.<br/><br/><b>A perceptive and unforgettable debut novel, <i>The Deed</i> explores the messy, sometimes volatile, complications that only the best and worst of family can bring. Sometimes greed <i>can</i> be good. </b>