When Rose Campbell is orphaned, she is sent to the Aunt Hill where her Uncle Alec - a bachelor, her six aunts, and seven boy cousins live. Rose is pale and somewhat frail. Her overprotective aunts want to coddle and shield her, but as Uncle Alec is her guardian, he insists that she spend an abundance of time outdoors, eat often, and enjoy many pursuits with her rowdy cousins. Although the aunts are appalled and object strenuously, saying to do so would be harmful for Rose, Alec - a doctor, insists. All agree to let Alec have his way for one year...a year filled with adventure, fun, love, and some misfortune. At year's end, Uncle Alec and all the aunts realize that Alec's ideas were sound and beneficial. A compromise is reached regarding Rose's habitation that pleases all.
This book was written by an American author born before the Civil War.
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