Empty Mansions

The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune

A cousin of Huguette Clark and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist trace the life of the reclusive American heiress against a backdrop of the now-infamous W. A. Clark family and include coverage of the internet sensation and elder-abuse investigation that occurred at the end of her life.

After the funeral, W.A. and Anna discovered Andrée's diary, which revealed that
their older daughter had had an unhappy childhood, more desperately unhappy
than they had suspected. She'd had great difficulty making the transition from ...