[1] The novel is a first-person narrative that follows the life of a woman, Mary Braye, from the time she is first married until she becomes a grandmother.

In a very brief review The Queenslander noted: "Of all phases of life that dealing with domesticity is the most difficult to portray in a manner sufficiently attractive to command interest ed attention.

In this art Ada Cambridge excels, and her latest book is fully equal to anything which has yet sprung from her pen.

It is an admirable study of femininity in some of its greatest and its smallest at tributes by a woman.

"[3] The novel was serialised in The Evening News (Sydney) in 20 instalments starting on 22 June 1898.