The Price of Salt, or Carol Coming of Age Its strength is in its

Its strength is in its abundance

a deeper understanding of what it means to be American

she leads a quiet life as a healer on a remote mountain

Most frightening of all

Thrown together against their will in the class production of A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Price of Salt, or Carol Coming of Age Its strength is in itsPatricia Highsmith's story of romantic obsession may be one of the most important, but still largely unrecognized, novels of the twentieth century. First published in 1952 and touted as "the novel of a love that society forbids," the book soon became a cult classic. Based on a true story plucked from Highsmith's own life, The Price of Salt (or Carol) tells the riveting drama of Therese Belivet, a stage designer trapped in a department store day job,