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Student Activities: Darling Rose Gold

NYSMDA Book Club

Darling Rose Gold book cover

The next NYSMDA Book Club meeting will be on Zoom on Friday, February 26 at 1:00 PM.

We will be reading Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel.

Registration for this meeting is closed. Signup for the next meeting will be announced in March.

Questions? Get in touch with Hinde hfertig@nysmda.com or with Dean Bator ibator@nysmda.com.

Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel

For the first eighteen years of her life, Rose Gold Watts believed she was seriously ill. She was allergic to everything, used a wheelchair and practically lived at the hospital. Neighbors did all they could, holding fundraisers but no matter how many doctors, tests, or surgeries, no one could figure out what was wrong with Rose Gold.

Turns out her mom, Patty Watts, was just a really good liar.

After serving five years in prison, Patty begs her daughter to take her in. The entire community is shocked when Rose Gold says yes. And Rose Gold is no longer her weak little darling...

And she's waited such a long time for her mother to come home.

Book Club Kit

Dee Dee Blanchard and Gypsy Rose Blanchard

Stephanie Wrobel's book Darling Rose Gold draws from the true story of Dee Dee Blanchard and her daughter Gypsy Rose. ABC News did a 4-part series on the case. The videos are 5 to 7 minutes each.

The Act

There is a limited series on Hulu called The Act which is also based on the story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Dee Dee Blanchard.

Julie Gregory

Julie Gregory was also a victim of her Mom's Munchausen by Proxy. This interview with her is 38 minutes.

More about Munchausen by Proxy

Librarian

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Hinde Fertig
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347-947-2539

Librarian

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Hinde Fertig
she/her
Contact:
347-947-2539

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