title: Laura
author: Stockenberg, Antoinette
description: In the tradition of Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey, BY THE SEA is a four-book series that sweeps from the Gilded Age through the Gatsby Era's Roaring Twenties and then on to the Great Depression, culminating nearly a century later in Newport, Rhode Island, wealthy and alluring "City by the Sea." Set against a backdrop of mansions, the glorious America's Cup Yacht Races, and new money, the series traces the passions and adventures of three families from three different classes.
  Book Three:  LAURA.  While the Great Depression grinds relentlessly on, Laura Andersson, a Midwestern farm girl with an improbable love of the sea, embarks on a bold adventure that promises riches but delivers passion, one that threatens all she holds dear.
  Also available:
  Book One:  TESS.
  Book Two:  AMANDA.
  Book Four:  THE HEIRS.  Economic hard times are a distant memory in the high-flying 1980s as the descendants of Tess, Amanda and Laura play out their destinies, their paths crossing in unforeseen ways.  Mavis Moran, Neil Powers, his daughter Quinta, and Alan Seton all find themselves caught in a web of mystery, sabotage, and conflicting desires.