'Based on the harrowing experiences of a real Australian family, The Wilted Rose tells the story of Sarah, an ambitious young woman battling against her family's strict religious beliefs to achieve her dreams. Balancing her passions with the traditional path of marriage and children pushes her to the brink of emotional chaos, and her husband faces the prospect of living an entire lifetime without the love of his wife. Their only daughter Grace grapples to cope with the toll her mother's emotional hardship takes on their family, and the normal mother-daughter relationship she longs for.
Passion, religion, first love and heartbreak, depression and mental illness, family tragedy, and lifelong friendship intertwine to tell this truly captivating story of one woman's drive to overcome adversity, and the final straw that threatens to destroy her spirit and could tear her family's life apart.' (Publisher's blurb)
