Sons And Daughters Of Ease And Plenty: A Novel
by Ramona Ausubel
Buy on Amazon"A timely, sophisticated tale [that] explores what happens when a charmed life loses its luster." -O Magazine From the award-winning author of the new collection Awayland, an imaginative novel about a wealthy New England family in the 1960s and '70s that suddenly loses its fortune--and its bearings. An NPR Best Book of the Year Labor Day, 1976, Martha's Vineyard. Summering at the family beach house along this moneyed coast of New England, Fern and Edgar--married with three children--are happily preparing for a family birthday celebration when they learn that the unimaginable has occurred: There is no more money.…
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"The year is 1976, and a wealthy New England family learns that their inheritance has evaporated. Cast adrift, the husband and wife each leave home, unaware of the other’s actions, leaving their three young children to fend for themselves. Ramona Ausubel’s novel is both a sharp critique of class in America, and a bittersweet ode to the family, warts and all. It’s a sly, beautifully realized book from a supremely talented writer."
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