Based on Rose Wilder Lane's unpublished diaries and letters, "A wilder rose" tells the surprising true story of the often troubled collaboration that produced eight beloved novels of pioneer life-- a collaboration that Rose and her mother, Laura Ingalls Wilder, concealed from their agent, editors, reviewers, and readers. In this impeccably researched novel, Susan Wittig Albert follows the clues that take us straight to the heart of this fascinating literary mystery.