Josey Rose Author:Jane Wood Josey Rose's childhood has been molded by such mysterious secrets as the whereabouts of his missing mother, whom he suspects is still alive; the inexplicable abuse of his father Willie, a man who can empty a whiskey bottle as quickly as he can fill it up again with tiny model wonderlands; and by the bizarre actions of Grandma Ru, a slightly ... more »mad woman who knows far more than she can reveal.
Josey's life takes an irrevocable turn when he meets the enchanting and vulnerable Lily, a young woman who lives in an abandoned chapel in the woods and has a deep, yet unexplained connection to Josey's family. Both victims of Willie Rose's torment, Josey and Lily quickly find comfort in one another -- and within the gray area between mystery and truth they discover that the only escape from their present lives is through the past.
In the novel's compassionate investigation of moral truths, this hypnotic tale is at once Josey's confession and his defense.« less