An Unwelcome Arrangement: A Rose McDougal Adventure

Rose McDougal lives in a decrepit apartment, an oven in the summer and an icebox in the winter. She drives an old beater, a vehicle with a seeming contempt for its occupants. She has no man in her life. In fact, she's never had one. Making matters worse, Rose is cursed with a deep-rooted depression, the by-product of an abusive dad. Her professional life is no better.

Her quest to fill a full-time teaching position in a Nashua junior high school ends in failure. Making matters worse, she ...