Al'truisty - Ridker E.

Arthur Alter is in big trouble. He may lose his professorial position at the University of St. Louis, and with it - and the opportunity to pay off the mortgage; a young friend, who is his daughter, is ready to wave at him; and his own children, Ethan and Maggie, refuse to talk to him. But the children, unlike him, have money - bequeathed directly to him the fortune secretly accumulated by Arthur's deceased wife, Francine. Now Ethan lives recluse in a prestigious neighborhood of Brooklyn, and Maggie practices forced poverty and tries to devote himself to charity. Expecting to persuade Ethan and Maggie to help him not to lose the old family home, Arthur invites them to spend spring break in St. Louis - and opens a natural Pandora's box ...