East Texas, 1916
In the great mansions of Houston Avenue, Howbutker, live the town's founding families: Toliver, Warwick and DuMont. Over generations they have settled their differences by exchanging roses: a red rose to ask for forgiveness and a white rose to accept.

But when precocious teenager Mary Toliver inherits cotton plantation Somerset from her father Vernon, the first seeds of discontent are sown.

And it is not the last time Mary will sell her soul for the sake of the family soil. When she declines the proposal of handsome timber magnate Percy Warwick, it is a shattering choice that will spell heartbreak for generations to come.

Roses Reviews

A heartbreaking and absorbing multigenerational saga' DAILY EXPRESS * `Devour this sprawling novel of passion and revenge' BEST *
This is for you if Gone with the Wind is one of your all-time favourites.' IMAGE * 'Like Gone With the Wind, this epic is gloriously entertaining' PEOPLE *
This enthralling stunner, a good old-fashioned read, may herald the overdue return of those delicious doorstop epics from such writers as Barbara Taylor Bradford and Colleen McCullough. A refreshingly nostalgic bouquet of family angst, undying love and "if onlys." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY * 'Readers who like an old-fashioned saga will devour this sprawling novel of passion and revenge' LIBRARY JOURNAL *

About Leila Meacham

Leila Meacham is a former teacher who lives in San Antonio, Texas.

Additional information

Sku

GOR002559241

ISBN 13

9780751542691

ISBN 10

0751542695

Title

Roses by Leila Meacham

Author

Leila Meacham

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Little, Brown Book Group

Year published

2011-01-20

Number of pages

624

Prizes

N/A

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Note

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