A Bit Bookish

Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is a fast paced and engrossing tale of suspense that is about obsession, reconciliation, and revenge. This debut novel adds a twist to the collection of books on Munchausen syndrome by proxy (a psychological disorder marked by attention-seeking behavior by a caregiver through those who are in their care). Rose Gold Watts was never sick, but her mother, Patty, was. After discovering that her mother had spent the better part of two decades poisoning and starving her, the then teenage Rose Gold testified in the trial that sent Patty to prison for aggravated child abuse. Five years later, with the support of her hometown, Rose Gold purchased the house where her mother grew up and began renovating it to create a safe place to raise her infant son, Adam. When she reconciles with the newly released Patty and offers her a place to stay, everyone in her community is left reeling. The book alternates between the two women as first-person narrators in the past and present. A real page turner that keeps you guessing till the end, with complex characters who seem sympathetic at some points and unsympathetic in others.


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