The book ‘Man, Woman, and Child’ is written by Erich Segal. It is a novel. The story is about Robert and Sheila Beckwith and their daughters Jessica and Paula. In the story, Robert had an affair several years ago and he finds out that he has a son, Jean-Claude, after the boy’s mother Nicole dies. The book analyzes the drama of a father and the son he never knew, and a marriage that must stand the greatest test of all.