I don’t know what it is about messed up situations that make these sorts of things so addictive to watch, but I was completely hooked by the story. A whole Hulu series was based off of the story called THE ACT, and I watched it obsessively.

They fled the state together, and were apprehended by police at the boyfriend’s house. Then, Gypsy Rose and a boyfriend she met online conspired to murder her mother in cold blood. Not knowing any different due to being confined to a wheelchair, loaded up with medications, and moved from city to city when doctors began to grow suspicious, Gypsy Rose had no idea that she wasn’t really sick. If you aren’t familiar, Deedee Blanchard – Gypsy Rose’s mother – spent Gypsy Rose’s entire life pretending that she was very, very ill. Like many people, I followed along with the Gypsy Rose Blanchard story in the headlines with a sort of horrified attention, appalled that a mother could mistreat their own child so terribly. When I originally heard that this book was coming out, I knew I had to have it.

You know better than anyone that no matter how awful they are, we still find it in our hearts to love them.” “The bond between a mother and daughter is sacred. 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. For the first eighteen years of her life, Rose Gold Watts believed she was seriously ill.

My darling rose gold