"A Son at the Front" by Edith Wharton is an anti-war novel that explores the perspective of a parent whose son is on the frontlines of battle and all the pride and fear that come along with that. Told from the point of view of John Crampton, a divorced painter who lives in Paris. In the summer of 1914, he's anxiously expecting his son George's arrival so they can embark on a month-long voyage together, but when war breaks out, everything changes.