Rose in Bloom, Version 2

Rose Campbell is nineteen, rich, and utterly unprepared for the wolves in Boston's parlors. Having inherited a fortune in Eight Cousins, she now faces a swarm of polished suitors, each more calculating than the last. Her guardians urge her toward a safe match, but Rose has other ideas. She wants love that isn't for sale, a purpose that isn't prescribed. This is Alcott at her most subversive: a novel about a young woman who must choose between the easy life and her own stubborn, irreducible self. Sharp, funny, and surprisingly dark, Rose in Bloom asks what freedom actually costs.