First published pseudonymously in 1952 as }The Price Of Salt{, }Carol{ is a hauntingly atmospheric love story set against the backdrop of 50s New York, soon to be a feature film starring Cate Blanchett. Therese is an awkward 19-year-old sales assistant in a department store when a beautiful, alluring woman in her thirties walks up to her counter, and the first shock of love hits.