{"product_id":"will-power","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 These words actually began a will, which shows that our final words needn’t be standard legalese but instead creatively individualistic. \u003ci\u003eWill Power\u003c\/i\u003e tells the riveting stories of big names and “ordinary people” who did just this.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are eccentric wills, in which a mansion and its grounds are inherited by 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\u003eThese stories and many more will amuse, entertain, and inform — for your consideration when you write or revise \u003ci\u003eyour\u003c\/i\u003e will.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57216651886974,"sku":"NW9781459755826","price":15.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781459755826.jpg?v=1778566771","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/will-power","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}