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Acid-tongued matriarch, Rose D'Orsi, manages to snag the unconditional love of a wise, compassionate millionaire from the senior center. Eli's love, however, doesn't reduce Rose's need for complete submission to her will, or at least a damn convincing facade, as evidenced by Ricky, her 40-year-old people-pleasing son. Unlike her guilt-ridden resentful younger brother, authentic Brooklyn-born Glory D'Orsi believes that meaningful relationships are a two-way street, and that love means surmounting differences, not concealing them. Who's right? And does it really matter after Rose develops a terminal illness and there's so little time left? Ricky and Glory confront their own choices and each other when they grapple with the question: How much are we willing to disown in exchange for parental love and approval, and how do the consequences shape our lives?

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 970 KB
Print Length: 243 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: 48fourteen (2 Oct 2011)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language: English
ASIN: B005RU3LRC
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

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Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #192,672 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great writing. Great storytelling. Must read! 13 Nov 2012

By Paulette Mahurin

Format:Kindle Edition

Denise DeSio knows how to write. In her novel, Rose's Will, she grabs hold of the reader on page one. I received her book yesterday and tried to have a quick peek. That was a mistake. DeSio does a brilliant job at weaving a tight, believable, intelligent story that takes the reader into every emotion of what it is to be human. There is no escaping the human condition in this work. She rips at those of us who can relate to the mother-daughter torment, throws us into melancholy with a tender love and acceptance by a Eli who lives tolerance, to the paradoxical conflicted sibling relationship, to and ending that builds tensions that the imagination, that can easily embrace devastation, does not want to envision, only to bring us back to the seat of our chair to find that after all, in redemption the heart knows what the mind can never conceive. Highly recommend!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Touching and well written. 16 Oct 2011

By E. Schneider - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Kindle Edition

I really enjoyed this book. I read it from beginning to end in one sitting, and it was well worth the discomfort of sitting in the same chair for 5 hours.

Rose's Will is story that should appeal to virtually anyone who has encountered family drama. Denise DeSio's tale of acceptance, reconciliation, forgiveness, and moral responsibility is told through the eyes of three different people and three totally unique perspectives. The pace is quick and not weighed down by excessive descriptive filler, although in places I wouldn't have minded knowing more about certain characters and situations. The character Eli is so well written and insightful that his "life story" could probably be made into an entirely separate novel. While there are some hard-hitting and somewhat disturbing scenes in the book, it's well balanced with just the right amount of comic relief. I especially liked the exchanges between Glory's young niece and nephew. All in all, Rose's Will is a great read. Denise DeSio should be very proud of her first novel. She really hit a home run.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars MUST READ! 6 Jan 2012

By PRC - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Kindle Edition

Rose's Will cuts close to the psychological bone. If you've ever contemplated the universal topic of family pain and drama, reading this novel is like rubbernecking the scene of the accident. Denise DeSio, in her first novel, has mastered "the pure, clear word", as described by the great American poet James Wright. The writing is spare and authentic, the pace is quick, and the plot clever. Amazingly, the ending is happy and unexpected. It takes a very gifted writer to tackle this potentially tear-jerking topic and deliver a novel with great compassion and wit, but no self pity. Highly recommended.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Dysfunctional family - good read 22 Jan 2012

By SeattleMary - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Kindle Edition

This was the first book I read on my IPod Touch. I was worried I would not like the format but found it relatively easy.

At the beginning, I did not care for the book - I found the first chapters disjointed, moving too fast with too much information. And throughout the book, I was distracted by the use of two First Person voices and 1 Third person (omniscient) voice. I think it might have been easier to have 1 first and two third person voices.

I had made a commitment to finish the book so I kept reading. And I came to appreciate it. There are parts of this book that are hard, but they feel very real, especially the way the dysfunctional family is dealt with.

There is one way I didn't like the book - we are never told who the Rose was that Eli loved. So I am left questioning that relationship.

Because of the strong lesbian characters, I would suggest that my lesbian book club read it but we have women who still insist on paper copies.

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