num_pages: 180
description: Love Among the ThornsEarly in the twentieth century, Hanako journeys to England to follow her dream of becoming a novelist. When things don’t work out quite as she planned, she finds employment as a personal maid to noblewoman Alice Douglas, who makes a most unusual request: she begs Hanako to kill her! As Hanako tries to figure out why her mistress would make such a shocking plea, their relationship grows into something far deeper.
language: English
title: Goodbye, My Rose Garden, Vol. 1
publisher: Seven Seas