Oh, Henry

&quote;He's lucky to be a boy,&quote; Henry's mother says of her small, homely son. &quote;Why am I lucky to be a boy?&quote; he asks. &quote;Because girls need to be pretty. With boys, charm is what counts,&quote; his mother explains. Henry never really stops being a boy, a romantic, idealistic boy, and a bundle of sensitivities and insensitivities. Starting out as a young Jewish barrister in South Africa, Henry then moves to Israel with his wife Jennie. But he continues to be haunted by Penelope, the free-spirited Catholic beauty who was stolen from him by his best friend Jean. Written with whimsy, sexy, often funny and sometimes brimming with despair, OH, HENRY is a narrative of the seasons of their lives, as Henry, Jennie, Penelope and Jean play out the complicated web of their relationships.