His Family |
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Author:
| Poole, Ernest |
ISBN: | 979-8-7006-6667-1 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2021 |
Publisher: | Independently Published
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $14.99 |
Book Description:
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The story begins in the spring of 1913 with Roger Gale, a New York businessman and a widower, owner of a media monitoring service, reflecting on the changes that have come to New York since his arrival in the city as a young man from a New Hampshire farm somewhere near the time of the Civil War. He is driven by his wife's dying request to remain close to their three daughters, yet he feels very distant from them--this despite the fact that the younger two (Deborah, a school principal,...
More DescriptionThe story begins in the spring of 1913 with Roger Gale, a New York businessman and a widower, owner of a media monitoring service, reflecting on the changes that have come to New York since his arrival in the city as a young man from a New Hampshire farm somewhere near the time of the Civil War. He is driven by his wife's dying request to remain close to their three daughters, yet he feels very distant from them--this despite the fact that the younger two (Deborah, a school principal, and Laura) live in the family home with him, and Edith, who is married with four children, visits him regularly.