The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck Paperback Book 9780141186313

Ethan Allen Hawley has lost the acquisitive spirit of his wealthy forebears a long line of proud New England sea captains and Pilgrims Scarred by failure Ethan works as a grocery clerk in a store his family once owned But his wife is restless and his teenage children troubled and hungry for the material comforts he cannot provide