The Wind in the Rose Bush and Other Stories Audiobook (Unabridged)

Up until recently, Freeman has been known primarily as a feminist writer, for her classic stories like A New England Nun and The Revolt of Mother. However, she also wrote many well-crafted supernatural stories which have only recently begun to attract appreciative critical attention. These stories combine pragmatism and supernaturalism and are very much in the tradition of an Americanized Gothic.

Freeman also used the ghost story as a means of examining, indirectly, the pressures which often silenced or devalued women and their concerns. This collection contains six significant New England ghost stories which contain buried comments on the life of women at the turn of the century.

The stories included are:

"What distinguishes Freeman's ghost stories for me is that they're so psychologically acute. The byplay between characters, and what they are unwilling to come out and say, is really sharp and beautifully observed. She also knows how to make a story damn creepy!"

— Cathy (5 out of 5 stars)