
Master manipulator though she may be, Patty Watts isn’t ready for the devastation her daughter, now caring for her own child, is ready to wreak. So why – when Rose Gold’s testimony sent her mother to prison – are Patty and her daughter planning a reconciliation? Or are they? Then she realised her mother was the sick one – and a very convincing liar. Rose Gold believed she was sick for eighteen years. Could Patty be innocent? Has Rose Gold forgiven her? Can they really reconcile? What’s it about? This is a fascinating question and forms the crux of a disturbing story of two mistreated women. ‘Riddle me this: if I spent almost two decades abusing my daughter, why did she offer to pick me up today?’ Waiting to pick her up is her daughter, Rose Gold – the daughter Patty was arrested for spending 18 years harming. Patty Watts always settles a score.After five years in prison, devoted mother Patty Watts is free – and still proclaiming her innocence. 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. “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.
