{"product_id":"9781459755826","title":"Will Power","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 \r\n\r\nAs 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\r\nThere’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\r\nwho (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\r\nThese stories and many more will amuse, entertain, and inform — for your consideration when you write or revise \u003ci\u003eyour\u003c\/i\u003e will.","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":47550861246703,"sku":"9781459755826","price":26.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0559\/3877\/7237\/files\/BNCImageAPI_c06b216c-937f-4bc4-bf67-a527de560125.jpg?v=1769533841","url":"https:\/\/www.entershinebookshop.ca\/products\/9781459755826","provider":"Entershine Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}