"A timely, sophisticated tale [that] explores what happens when a charmed life loses its luster.â âO 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 fortuneâand 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 Edgarâmarried with three childrenâare 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.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Genre Fiction
- Family Life
- Genre Fiction
Publisher : Riverhead Books
Author : Ausubel, Ramona
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2017-06-13
Number Of Pages : 336
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 1594634890
ISBN-13 : 9781594634895
Item weight : 0.6 lb
Dimensions : 0.98 in x 5 in x 7.91 in
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