"Wrobel builds tension by tearing down and knocking away everything the audience believes they know.This thriller speeds toward its conclusion in true page-turner fashion, without feeling rushed." - Kirkus Reviews 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. Daughters never forgive.įor the first eighteen years of her life, Rose Gold Watts believed she was seriously ill. ‘Expertly paced, hugely unsettling, and perfectly dark, you’ll be gripped in this clever exploration of fear and vulnerability right until the flawless ending – one you’ll most certainly want to talk about.In her compulsive, sharply-drawn debut, Stephanie Wrobel peels back the layers of the most complicated of mother-daughter relationships.
‘Expertly paced, hugely unsettling, and perfectly dark, you’ll be gripped in this clever exploration of fear and vulnerability right until the flawless ending – one you’ll most certainly want to talk about.’ She has no choice but to go to Wisewood, to find out if this place of healing has more sinister motives.īut as she’s about to discover, Wisewood is far easier to enter than to leave. Who is digging into the sisters’ past? How did they discover Natalie’s secret? A secret that will destroy Kit.
Would you like to come tell your sister what you did – or should we? Then, after six months of silence, she receives an email from Wisewood: It promises you’ll leave a better, braver version of yourself.īut why does it forbid contact with the outside world? Why are there no testimonies from previous guests? Natalie fears it is some kind of cult. Until Kit finds Wisewood, a secretive self-help retreat on a secluded Maine island. Her troubled younger sister Kit rarely does.
* Pre-order the smart, sophisticated, standout new thriller from the author of The Recovery of Rose Gold*
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