text:  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.