 From WHYY in Philadelphia, I'm Tanya Mosley with Fresh Air. Today, Taffy Brodesser-Akner. In the opening of her new novel, she writes, "'Do you want to hear a story with a terrible ending?' What ensues is a dramatic tale in which wealth is a curse. The book is called Long Island Compromise, and it tells the story of a businessman taken for ransom and the impact on his children decades later."