His Family

A moving portrait of family, change, and the challenges of a rapidly transforming world, His Family follows Roger Gale, a widowed New York businessman, as he struggles to understand his three very different daughters and the new generation they represent. Set in early 20th-century New York, the novel explores the changing values of society, the meaning of family, and the search for connection across generations. Through the lives of Edith, Deborah, and Laura, Ernest Poole presents three contrasting visions of womanhood, responsibility, and personal freedom. As Roger faces conflicts within his own home, he also begins to recognize the wider struggles of a changing America—where tradition, progress, social responsibility, and individual dreams collide.