TheDutchHouse

At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy uses a stroke of luck and a shrewd investment to build a vast real estate empire, which lifts his family from poverty to incomparable wealth. His immediate priority is acquiring the Dutch House, an opulent mansion situated in the outskirts of Philadelphia. However, this purchase leads to a chain of events that ultimately causes the downfall of everyone involved.

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AttheendoftheSecondWorldWar,CyrilConroycombinesluckandasinglecannyinvestmenttobeginanenormousrealestateempire,propellinghisfamilyfrompovertytoenormouswealth.HisfirstorderofbusinessistobuytheDutchHouse,alavishestateinthesuburbsoutsideofPhiladelphia.Meantasasurpriseforhiswife,thehousesetsinmotiontheundoingofeveryoneheloves.ThestoryistoldbyCyril’ssonDanny,asheandhisoldersister,thebrilliantlyacerbicandself-assuredMaeve,areexiledfromthehousewheretheygrewupbytheirstepmother.Thetwowealthysiblingsarethrownbackintothepovertytheirparentshadescapedfromandfindthatalltheyhavetocountonisoneanother.Itisthisunshakeablebondbetweenthemthatbothsavestheirlivesandthwartstheirfutures.Setoverthecourseoffivedecades,TheDutchHouseisadarkfairytaleabouttwosmartpeoplewhocannotovercometheirpast.Despiteeveryoutwardsignofsuccess,DannyandMaeveareonlytrulycomfortablewhenthey’retogether.Throughouttheirlivestheyreturntothewell-wornstoryofwhatthey’velostwithhumorandrage.Butwhenatlastthey’reforcedtoconfrontthepeoplewholeftthembehind,therelationshipbetweenanindulgedbrotherandhisever-protectivesisterisfinallytested.