There wouldn't be half as much fun in the world if it weren't for children and men, and there ain't a mite of difference between them under the skins.

The novel portrays the demise of a marriage and focuses on "the spirituality of female friendship. Anderson collaborated with Glasgow and provided copies of his speeches for her novel The Builders. " Glasgow stated that her third novel The Voice of People (1900) was an objective view of the poor-white farmer in politics.