Alive with vibrant, raw emotion.
And if, deep down, Rose even wants her to..
As Rose fights to hold everything together, and her dreams of the future start to slip from her grasp, she must face the question of what happens when - if - her mom comes home again.
Rose and her dad are left to pick up the pieces: traumatized siblings, a Child Protective Services investigation, eviction.
She does - but when her mother is taken to hospital, the troubles are just beginning.
Kneeling beside her, Rose pleads with the universe to find a heartbeat.
That is, until the day Rose finds her mother dying on the kitchen floor of a heroin overdose.
Painting is Rose\'s escape from her annoying younger siblings and her family\'s one rule: ignore the elephant in the room, because talking about it makes it real.
Rose\'s love of Frida Kahlo fuels her paint brush and her dreams to attend a prestigious art school. - School Library Journal
Seventeen-year-old Rose Hemmersbach aspires to break out of small town Sparta, Wisconsin and achieve her artistic dreams, just like her aunt Colleen. an engaging picture of two teens circling and closing as they discover common ground. -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review Along with the relatively uncommon theme of living with an addicted parent, this emotionally intense tale offers...
Alive with vibrant, raw emotion
