EIGHT COUSINS or The Aunt-Hill

Whitman ., 1920. Hardcover. Fair/No Dj. Erwin Hess. 12 mo., hardcover, 237 pp, light edgewear to green boards, hinges shaky, pages very darkened and stain to back pages at margin else good reading copy.. pictorial endpapers. Young adult literature. After the death of her father, orphan Rose Campbell has no choice but to go and live at the 'Aunt Hill' with her six aunts and seven boy cousins. For someone who was used to a girl's boarding school, it all seems pretty overwhelming, especially since her guardian Uncle Alec makes her eat healthy things like oatmeal, and even tries to get her to give up her pretty dresses for more drab, sensible clothes. Will Rose ever get used to her Uncle's strange ideas and all her noisy relatives? Will there come a day when she can't imagine living anywhere else? First published in 1874, this edition copyrighted in 1927.