Rose is back from abroad and learning to become a woman

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	• Rose in Bloom: A Sequel to Eight Cousins (Rose Bloom) Louisa May Alcott Little Brown & Co (Juv), 1995 - 302 pages average customer review:based on 31 reviews view larger image
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Rose is back from abroad and learning to become a woman

Rose In Bloom is the sequel to Eight Cousins. She has just come home from being abroad for the past two years with her guardian Uncle and beloved Phebe. She finds many young suitors after her and her money, being an heiress to a large fortune. She has become a strong minded woman and is determined to use her money for good even when she is laughed at by most of society. Her, and her family's morals will inspire you to be like her cousin Mac, and "keep good company, read good books, love good things, and cultivate body and soult to the best of my power". This book also gives an excellent look into the life of the eighteen seventies, I enjoyed these two books more than her Little Women series, which is saying a lot. I recommend this book to people who want to better themselves, and/or those who like history. Sensation seakers and trash novel readers may not enjoy it.

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Pretty good, could have been better

Not as good as her others, in my opnion(and I guess thats what I'm supposed to be giving) but a worthwhile read if you have the time. If you are looking for a pure romance, this is not the book though.

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Not as good as it's mate-Eight Cousins.

I don't mean to sound negative, but to me this book is a disappointment when compared to other Loisa M. Alcott books ( I should know, because I've read and own many of them.) It actually isn't as bad as I make it sound, when you stop and think it has a good moral: Wealth attracts suitors and friends who care only for your $. An altogether satisfactory book.

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Read this after you read Eight Cousins!

The satisfying sequel to Eight Cousins -- read and enjoy!

A worthy book at any age

I love Louisa May Alcott, and I love this book. I have read every published piece of Alcott that I can find, and I am always awed by her literacy, fluency in storytelling, and purity of the characters portrayed in her writing. I love following Rose as she begins to grow up, and watching her struggle to maintain the high standards and principles that her wholesome upbringing has given her. While the grown-up world of Alcott is still pretty pure by today's standards, the essential elements are there: avarice, insincerity, and superficiality. This is a book I read and enjoyed when I was 10, and still love at 25. There are lessons to be learned about being true to oneself, and an illustration that life's ephemeral pleasures need not become lifetime distractions. If you don't give this to your child to read for all the reasons above, give it to him or her knowing that it may make them curious about some wonderful authors of the Enlightenment period - such as Emerson and Thoreau. When I was ten, I wanted to read Emerson's essays, like Heroism and Love, because Alcott introduced me to the literature in a way that piqued my curiousity. That in itself, is a wonderful reason to read this worthy book.

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