My sis bought this novel last year but I just had a time to read and finish it. I never thought I would like this novel, but hey, I end up loving it (and I want to read other works by Edith Wharton)! The theme is not fantastic or even sensational, in fact, it’s very simple, telling about the life of a rich family. Yet it’s funny and touching at the same time. And if you think a 46-year-old man cannot be an interesting main character, you’re totally wrong. Martin Boyne is a lonely old man, and he always thinks that his life is completely boring. Until one day he meets the Wheather family consisting of four children and three step children. The family relationship is actually very complicated because their parents married, divorced, married other people, divorced again, and re-married. Confusing, eh? Anyway, Martin is moved by the children’s great effort to make their parents stay together (since they want to divorce again, blah), and he tries hard to help them. But then he realizes that he falls in love with Judith, the oldest daughter of the Wheather family. What will he do then since their age gap is so so wide? Read it by yourself then ^_^. If you love novels dealing with family issue, then grab this one. It won’t force you to think hard but leave you with a question, how important is a family to you?