I have always been an avid fan of Ms Lowell, and when I came across Golden Empire, I happily settled in to have a good read. This books takes you through extreme emotions, I came to feel sorry for a family of three generations that lived with bad choices, and bitterness that destroyed everyone in it. So be it, some families are like that, but when Ms Lowell introduced an incestous relationship, I was unsettled to say the least. She promoted a relationship that to me is imoral as well as illegal, I had a hard time finishing the book, and was unsettled by it for days. I am appalled that an author of her magnatude and influence, would even suggest such a relationship is proper.