The Challenge and the Glory - Softcover

Newport, Rhode Island -- city of old money, magnificent mansions, endless shorelines, and a dream that drives the hearts of all:  the quest for the America's Cup.  Sweeping from the 1890s to the 1980s, this stunning novel reveals the epic struggles and scandalous desires of the men and women through generations who have staked their lives, their loves, and their fortunes on the glittering prize.

THE CHALLENGE AND THE GLORY

TESS MORAN -- A beautiful Irish housemaid swept into a world of wealth by a mystery man who will teach her passion and break her heart ...

AMANDA FAIN -- The tempestuous sculptress with a taste for bootleg liquor and a soft heart for revolutionaries who fell in love with a straitlaced Englishman ...

LAURA ANDERSSON -- The Minnesota farmgirl who answered the siren call of the sea, then risked everything she loved on a schooner sailing south ...

ALAN SETON -- Dashing skipper of a great yacht, obsessed with winning the Cup ... but endangered by his desire for three women who have the power to betray him ...

The novel contains those moments of recognition [that make] her book stand out from the rash of novels on class conflicts between Irish servants and their Yankee masters ... a quality original paperback. --Providence Journal

Sizzling .... The well-researched saga uses real people such as Dennis Conner and the Vanderbilts  as a backdrop to the unfolding drama ....  Entertaining reading, especially for anyone familiar with an America's Cup summer. --Soundings

The action moves at a speed that makes it impossible to put down.  A book to satisfy every sort of reader -- those who crave fast action, Newport aficionados, and the romantics among us who love happy endings. --Newport This Week

A riveting saga/mystery.  Stockenberg is a master of intrigue and romance [who] leads readers into the elegant, fascinating and thrilling world of yacht racing as well as into a compelling mystery.  Smooth sailing for summer reading. --Rave Reviews