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. After serving five years in prison, Patty gets out with nowhere to go and begs her daughter to take her in. Turns out her mom, Patty Watts, was just a really good liar. 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.

For the first eighteen years of her life, Rose Gold Watts believed she was seriously ill. Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel(Goodreads Author) 3.71 Rating details 32,276 ratings 5,126 reviews For the first eighteen years of her life, Rose Gold Watts believed she was seriously ill. “In her compulsive, sharply-drawn debut, Stephanie Wrobel peels back the layers of the most complicated of mother-daughter relationships.

Please see Disclosures for more information. That means if you click and make a purchase, I may earn a small commission. In Stephanie Wrobels tense psychological thriller, we meet a dysfunctional mother-daughter pair who are nearly destroyed by the formers Munchausen syndrome by proxy. (Mar.This post may include affiliate links. Agent: Madeleine Milburn, Madeleine Milburn Literary (U.K.). Psychological suspense fans will be well satisfied. Propulsive pacing, a claustrophobic setting, and vividly sketched characters who are equal parts victim and villain conspire to create an anxious, unsettling narrative. Rose Gold’s past-tense narration, which chronicles her rocky path to independence, alternates with present-tense chapters from Patty’s point of view documenting her postincarceration transformation from predator to prey.

Patty is determined to win back the neighbors and regain control of her daughter’s life unbeknownst to Patty, however, Rose Gold has plans of her own. Rose Gold’s testimony not only helped convict Patty, but pitted all of the dying town of Deadwick against her, so it’s a shock when Patty finishes her sentence and moves in with Rose Gold-now a 23-year-old single mother to two-month-old Adam. It wasn’t until Patty’s daughter, Rose Gold, turned 16 and gained internet access that she realized her mother had been poisoning her since infancy Rose Gold’s undiagnosable illness was actually ipecac-induced vomiting resulting in crippling malnutrition. The release of 58-year-old Patty Watts from an Illinois prison kick-starts Wrobel’s diabolically plotted debut.

Darling rose gold by stephanie wrobel