First published 2020
Rose Pastor arrives in New York in 1903 as a Jewish refugee from Russia. Two years later, she shocks the world by marrying James Graham Phelps Stokes, heir to a legendary American fortune. The unlikely couple join the burgeoning Socialist Party, befriending Emma Goldman, Eugene V. Debs, and other luminaries. Rose's fiery oratory and activism make her a force to be reckoned with, defying laws to campaign for women's rights and birth control. But her life of radical promise ends in the same poverty it began. At its heart, this is the story of an immigrant dreamer who dared to challenge the status quo and paid a steep price.
Genres: american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, biography-memoir, social-justice, activism
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: immigrant-experience, social-activism, unlikely-romance
320 pages · Paperback · Mariner Books