Literary Fiction · ThoughtfulA widowed New York businessman and his three grown daughters
His Family
by Ernest Poole
A widower and his three daughters in New York of the 1910s
His Family follows Roger Gale, a widowed New York businessman, and his three daughters as they navigate a changing society in the 1910s. As family disputes over money, values and social change grow, Roger struggles to hold the family together.
More about this book
Who
Roger Gale; his daughters Edith, Deborah and Laura; Edith's husband Bruce Cunningham; Deborah's husband Allan Baird; and Johnny Geer, a crippled Irish boy who works for Roger.
World
New York City in the 1910s, with summers on the family's old farm in New Hampshire.
What makes it different
It won the first Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, awarded in 1918. Critics often regard it as the lesser of Poole's two novels, and some believe the prize honored his earlier novel, The Harbor.
Feel
Domestic and reflective, a family story of its period.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Behind the book
It was the first book to win the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, awarded in 1918.
Source: Wikipedia
Further reading
- His FamilyWikipedia