The Road Taken

A richly textured chronicle of the twentieth century follows the century-long life story of Rose Smith, who is born in 1900, loses her mother in childhood, and witnesses firsthand the remarkable history-making events, changes, and advances taking place in America. By the author of Five Women. 40,000 first printing.

Rona Jaffe is the internationally bestselling author of such novels as Class Reunion, Mazes and Monsters, The Best of Everything, The Cousins, Family Secrets, Mr. Right Is Dead, The Last Chance, and Five Women. She has been writing for more than five decades and is considered one of the foremost chroniclers of relationships in the modern age. She is the founder of the Rona Jaffe Foundation, which offers a national literary award to female writers.