When a woman dies, the Spirit of Life rewards her with the opportunity to spend all of eternity with her true soul mate (something she did not experience in life). Trouble is, she still feels an allegiance to her awkward husband alive on earth who believed her to be his …

Edith Wharton was born into an upper class American family on January 24, 1862, in New York. She wrote novels, short stories, and poetry. Her novel, The Age of Innocence, earned her a Pulitzer Prize in 1921. Wharton’s other novels include, The Buccaneers, Ethan Frome, The House of Mirth, and many more.