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Author:

Ausubel, Ramona,.

Title:

Sons and daughters of ease and plenty / Ramona Ausubel.

Publisher:

Riverhead Books

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

pages ; cm.

Subject:

FICTION / Historical.
FICTION / Family Life.
Children of the rich--Fiction.
Upper class families--New England--Fiction.
FICTION / Literary.
Social status--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Summary:

"From the award-winning author of No One Is Here Except All of Us, an imaginative novel about a wealthy New England family in the 1960s and '70s that suddenly loses its fortune--and its bearings. 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. More specifically, there's no more money in the estate of Fern's recently deceased parents, which, as the sole source of Fern and Edgar's income, had allowed them to live this beautiful, comfortable life despite their professed anti-money ideals. Quickly, the once-charmed family unravels. In distress and confusion, Fern and Edgar are each tempted away on separate adventures: she on a road trip with a stranger, he on an ill-advised sailing voyage with another woman. The three children are left for days with no guardian whatsoever, in an improvised Neverland helmed by the tender, witty, and resourceful Cricket, age nine. Brimming with humanity and wisdom, humor and bite, and imbued with both the whimsical and the profound, Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty is a story of American wealth, class, family, and mobility, approached by award-winner Ramona Ausubel with a breadth of imagination and understanding that is fresh, surprising, and exciting"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1594634882 (hardcover)
9781594634888 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2016002763

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USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

ZBPE245 -- Norelius Community Library (Denison)

SHPC094 -- Denver Public Library (Denver)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

NEPC953 -- Lake Mills Public Library (Lake Mills)

YDPC572 -- Lisbon Public Library (Lisbon)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

CGPC482 -- Marengo Public Library (Marengo)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)

CNPC792 -- Montezuma Public Library (Montezuma)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

YWPD162 -- Tipton Public Library (Tipton)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)