I had a hard time walking away from this book, even just to sleep.

I wanted to know how all of this could have possibly happened and how Rose Gold could have changed so much in the 5 years her mother was in prison. The story was both so fascinating and horrifying at the same time. The story switched each chapter from Rose Gold’s point of view right after her mother was arrested for child abuse and to Patty’s point of view in the present day where she is now out of prison and has moved in with Rose Gold. This book really touched my heart and was an emotional ride for me. I immediately found myself absolutely engrossed in Darling Rose Gold. I could not have been more invested in this story and these characters. When looking through my review copies I thought Darling Rose Gold looked like the perfect book to get me interested in stories again and it was such a great choice. I have been going through a bit of a book slump lately and I think that I need to get away from fantasy books for a while and read books that focus more on characters than world building. I had no idea it was actually about Munchausen by proxy until I started researching books about mental illness for a recent Top 5 Saturday post. When I requested an ARC of this book it was because I had heard that it was about a really dysfunctional mother-daughter relationship. Unfortunately for Patty, Rose Gold is no longer her weak little darling…Īnd she’s waited such a long time for her mother to come home. She says she’s forgiven Rose Gold for turning her in and testifying against her. Patty insists all she wants is to reconcile their differences. The entire community is shocked when Rose Gold says yes. Turns out her mom, Patty Watts, was just a really good liar.Īfter serving five years in prison, Patty gets out with nowhere to go and begs her daughter to take her in. Neighbors did all they could, holding fundraisers and offering shoulders to cry on, but no matter how many doctors, tests, or surgeries, no one could figure out what was wrong with Rose Gold. She was allergic to everything, used a wheelchair and practically lived at the hospital. Sharp Objects meets My Lovely Wife in this tightly drawn debut that peels back the layers of the most complicated of mother-daughter relationships…įor the first eighteen years of her life, Rose Gold Watts believed she was seriously ill.

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