An Impractical - Petulant - And Romantic Young Woman - She Begins The Journey To California Pregnant With Her First Child. She And Connie Have Grand Notions Of Making A Life For Themselves In A City. The Harsh Realities Of Migrant Life Soon Disabuse Rose Of Sharon Of These Ideas - However. Her Husband Abandons Her - And Her Child Is Born Dead. By The End Of The Novel - She Matures Considerably - And Possesses - The Reader Learns With Surprise - Something Of Her Mother's Indomitable Spirit And Grace.