{"product_id":"will-power-susan-goldenberg-9781459755826","title":"Will Power: The Most Baffling Bequests, Ludicrous Last Wishes, and Daft Declarations in Final Testaments","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe most astonishing and extraordinary bequests and last requests found in people's wills.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This will is uncommon and capricious.\"\u003c\/i\u003e As beginnings go, this opening line shows how our final words don't need to be written in standard legalese but can instead be creative and individualistic. \u003ci\u003eWill Power\u003c\/i\u003e tells the stories of big names and ordinary people writing their last wills and testaments who did just that.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There's the eccentric will that left a mansion and its grounds to a parrot. Developers could do nothing until it died -- and parrots have long lives. There are cautionary tales of family conflict, including the one-page will fought over for two decades by three generations. Want to write a parting shot? Read about the will that mocked the beneficiaries, such as the bequest that said, \"For my sister because she is married to a minister who (God help him) she hen pecks.\" Or the contested will that ordered the deceased's horses to be killed by a police firing squad; the bigoted will that bequeathed everything to a neo-Nazi organization; and the will that left far more money to sons than daughters, sparking a landmark gender discrimination case.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These stories and many more will amuse, entertain, and inform -- for your consideration when you write or revise \u003ci\u003eyour\u003c\/i\u003e will.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Goldenberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1459755820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459755826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Susan Goldenberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47930794705151,"sku":"9781459755826","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9ace8351-4a24-46e2-bc9f-f5c65a70a448.jpg?v=1766344320","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/will-power-susan-goldenberg-9781459755826","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}