This is a fictionalized biography of Rose Wilder Lane, daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
It only covers the years between 1928 - 1939. The main information that she wants to convey is that Laura had A LOT OF HELP writing her books. Basically, Laura wrote the book and then, Rose re-wrote the book so that it could be published. This clears up why I always wondered why Let the Hurricane Roar sounded so much like Laura's series.
As a story, it was only fair. She jumped around and fortunately, most readers probably already read a biography of Rose Wilder Lane as I did, so I knew where she was going with the story. A Ghost in the Little House by William Holz is the complete biography including her years in Albania. I am sure that it was probably true that Laura could be an annoying mother, but I didn't really like to hear it (so many times). It hurts to have her image tarnished. Rose, herself, was no easy person to live with.
At the end, she did mention the Roger Lea MacBride and how he got all the money from the copyrights of the books. Rose had a penchant for "adopting" teenage boys. She took on Roger when he was 14 and helped him through college and beyond. He became a lawyer.
Rose owned the copyrights after Laura died. Rose made MacBride her beneficiary and he also renewed remaining copyrights in his name. These were supposed to go to the library in Mansfield, but didn't. The library finally sued for two remaining books in Laura's name and settled for $875,000.
I am still looking forward to reading Laura's original Pioneer Girl whenever is it published.
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