Regretting his early marriage to a narrow-minded woman, successful lawyer Peter Frankel nevertheless avoids divorce as an easy escape from the mistakes of his youth, but his ambivalence over his marriage and his dismay over his grown children's attitudes toward marital bliss are turned upside down when his wife is seriously hurt in a car accident. 20,000 first printing.When his wife is seriously hurt in a car accident, Peter Frankl reassesses his ambivalence over his marriage and his dismay over his grown children's attitudes toward marital bliss.