Boarding a liner at Algiers, Martin Boyne expects no one of interest, but finds himself adopted by the Wheater children, a troop of siblings and step-siblings shuttled among their much-married parents. Their fierce young leader, Judith, resolves to keep the family together, and Boyne becomes more involved than he ever intended.
A funny, poignant late novel about modern families, among Wharton’s most affecting. Download the free EPUB.