The Rose Variations by Marisha Chamberlain
Read Chapter One, The Rose Variations.
Reader's Guide to The Rose Variations.
“[An] enthralling first novel … that surprises us with fresh insights….Chamberlain’s ear is finally attuned to every nuance of The Rose Variations, a novel graced by a profound respect for the humble particulars of life.” —James Wilcox, New York Times Book Review, Feb 22, 2009
“The Rose Variations is an elegant symphony of a novel, shaped by a lovely complexity, informed by humor and grace.” —Roxana Robinson, author of Cost
“Rose MacGregor is my kind of heroine—funny and serious, dreamy but
brutally practical when it’s called for; someone blissfully
inconsistent—like the rest of us. What more can one ask than that a
novel presents us with a unique personality such as Rose's?” —Judith
Guest, author of Ordinary People
“Who’d have thought it possible? There’s news about love and work in Marisha Chamberlain’s The Rose Variations!
It’d be hard to find a more contemporary view of the sexual dilemma,
but I couldn’t help thinking how much Shakespeare, Mozart, and Jane
Austen would have savored this novel.” —David Huddle, author of La Tour Dreams of the Wolf Girl
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