Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty Author:Ramona Ausubel From the award-winning author of No One Is Here Except All of Us comes 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, Fern and Edgar-- married with three children-- are happily preparing for ... more »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 had allowed Fern and Edgar to live this comfortable life. In distress and confusion, Fern and Edgar are each tempted away on separate adventures. 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.« less