false 4864536 1 In 1975, twenty-five-year-old Rose MacGregor moves to St. Paul, Minnesota, with nothing but a few books, her cello, and a temporary professorship at a Midwestern college. The only woman in the music department, the other professors refer to her derisively as "the Girl Composer," but she believes that a brilliant career writing music lies ahead. Passionately focused on her art, she also longs to find love, but her fierce independence always seems to get in the way of romantic relationships. Struggling with loneliness and ambition, she gets tangled up with a gay colleague, a self-made stonemason, a lesbian cellist, and the troubles of her wayward younger sister, before finally finding happiness. 4929877 1 2 2009 The Rose Variations total:27|5:2|4:7|3:9|2:6|1:3| 27 80 82 13 4 1 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 06:28:51 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 18:28:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 21:01:49 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 14:08:49 -0800 2009 “The Rose Variations” came to me as an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) from the very awesome folks over at Soho Presst. My sincere thanks to Soho for turning me on to this great first novel, and my congratulations to Marisha Chamberlain for a beautiful and consuming story. I read almost non-st...more...]]> 3 0 false true Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 11:05:51 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 11:20:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 14:12:59 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 19:56:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 06:05:08 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 06:06:23 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 15:14:02 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 13:15:12 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 04 09:54:11 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 09:57:45 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jul 27 05:22:22 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 05:24:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 07:52:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 08:22:02 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 13:44:22 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 23 06:58:29 -0700 2009 that said, its a GREAT first novel and character Rose is a dear. so many mistakes, heartache,...more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 04 17:00:11 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 18 09:18:22 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 14:01:13 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 14:01:48 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Apr 28 14:13:06 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 15:12:13 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 14:13:06 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri Nov 06 08:05:24 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 08:05:24 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Nov 03 05:37:10 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 05:37:10 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 29 11:12:58 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 11:12:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 22 11:40:56 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 11:40:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 11 18:23:37 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 18:23:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 09 12:04:31 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 12:04:31 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Sep 08 18:41:38 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 18:41:38 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4864536