The Happy Inheritor: How Successful Families Prepare Heirs and Transition Wealth reminds tens of millions of people who are expecting an inheritance that it may not end well.  Secrecy about family wealth transfers is failing families - the explosion in the number of families heading to court is proof.  Award winning author Thomas William Deans describes how some people transfer wealth with great care and joy while others use their wealth to control and destroy relationships.  If silence is the great destroyer of family wealth, The Happy Inheritor reveals how successful families talk openly about the last taboo - money.