Category: book with a color in the title
Review: Patty Watts is being released from jail, having served 5 years for aggravated child abuse. Based primarily on her daughter’s testimony, she was convicted of having poisoned her daughter with Ipecac syrup, causing her to vomit repeatedly. The resulting malnutrition caused her to exhibit a host of other symptoms, which required lots of attention from the medical community, and lots of support from their neighbors. And who is there to pick Patty up as she takes her first steps back into freedom? None other than her daughter, darling Rose Gold (and Rose Gold’s 2 month old son). Why on earth, you ask yourself, would Rose Gold be willing to allow her mother back into her life?
Told in alternating chapters, starting with Patty’s release, going back to get Rose Gold’s story of her life after her mother’s imprisonment, and coming together as we near the dramatic conclusion, this book is in no way straightforward. It becomes increasingly clear that Rose Gold is playing a deep-fake game with her mother, but it’s not until the end, that we find out exactly how deep her game goes.
This book is indeed thrilling, and suspenseful, but I couldn’t help but wonder how a girl like Rose Gold, who has been sick and beyond sheltered her entire life, would have the physical strength (she’s described as being very small and thin) and mental fortitude to pull off her scheme. But it’s that very question that will keep you reading all the way through!