Darling Rose Gold

Mothers never forget. Daughters never forgive. In her compulsive,sharply-drawn debutStephanie Wrobel peels back the layers of the most complicated of mother-daughter relationships. For the first eighteen years of her lifeRose Gold Watts believed she was seriously ill. She was allergic to everythingused a wheelchair and practically lived at the hospital. Neighbors did all they couldholding fundraisers and offering shoulders to cry onbut no matter how many doctorstestsor surgeriesno one could figure out what was wrong with Rose Gold. Turns out her momPatty Wattswas just a really good liar. After serving five years in prisonPatty gets out with nowhere to go and begs her daughter to take her in. The entire community is shocked when Rose Gold says yes. Patty insists all she wants is to reconcile their differences. She says she’s forgiven Rose Gold for turning her in and testifying against her. But Rose Gold knows her mother. Patty Watts always settles a score. Unfortunately for PattyRose Gold is no longer her weak little darling… And she’s waited such a long time for her mother to come home. \