The White Rose

In "The White Rose," professor Marian Kahn grapples with unexpected passion and infidelity at the age of forty-eight. Despite her comfortable life, she finds herself in love with twenty-six-year-old Oliver, leading to complex entanglements with her cousin Barton and graduate student Sophie. Set against the backdrop of New York City, this intelligent novel weaves a modern tale of love's complexities while reimagining themes from Strauss's opera, Der Rosenkavalier.