Now she's getting out and, to everyone's surprise, Rose Gold has agreed to have her back. Patty Watts was finally caught, convicted, and sent to prison for five years. However, it turns out her mother had actually been poisoning her for years, seeking more and more medical diagnoses, and taking money from well-meaning strangers. In this book, Rose Gold Watts believed herself to be seriously ill for the first eighteen years of her life. A lot of my major issues are going to be under spoiler tags.ĭarling Rose Gold is based on the true story of Dee Dee Blanchard and Gypsy Rose. I just personally couldn't get on board with the narrative being sold here. If you enjoyed this and found it a compelling thriller, then I am glad. I'm not going to get all finger-waggy about it. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I really didn't like what seems to be the "message". This book just didn't sit right with me, guys. An astonishing debut”- Samantha Downing, USA Today bestselling author of My Lovely Wife “One of the most captivating and disturbing thrillers I've read this year. “Dazzling, dark and utterly delicious”-J P Delaney, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before
“Sensationally good - two complex characters power the story like a nuclear reaction.”-Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Blue Moon 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. In her compulsive, sharply-drawn debut, Stephanie Wrobel 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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