Worried that her son has inherited her husbands "moral weakness" Kate strives to instill morals and values into her son.
When faced with his own hard decision Kate hopes she has done enough to steer him on the right path.

Not a fan of this book, It was hard to read simply because I lost interest very quickly.

I hope that people who read this books are already Wharton fans, because if someone unfamiliar with her work reads this, I think it would give them a bad and untrue impression of her writing ability.