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The Secret of Rose-Anne Riley (edition 2013)

by Shaw J. Dallal

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The Secret of Rose-Anne Riley is a historical fictional account of four generations of an American family. Rose-Anne is the gentle grandmother whose violent rape, covered up and papered over, continues to fester like a corrosive wound, finally emerging to darken the life of Alexia, a beautiful girl in the family's third generation. Rose-Anne's benevolent care endears her to Alexia who becomes her grandmother's confidante and companion during her final illness. The grandmother reveals the account of her violent rape by a young man who was the spoiled son of a wealthy family for whom she did housework. Before confessing this to Alexia, Rose-Anne stipulates that she must keep it a secret, and herein perhaps lies the most destructive aspect of her influence on her granddaughter. The novel deals with Rose-Anne's toxic secret and how it has come to haunt the consciousness of her granddaughter.… (more)
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Title:The Secret of Rose-Anne Riley
Authors:Shaw J. Dallal
Info:Hamilton Books (2013), Paperback, 318 pages
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This is the second book of Dallal's that i read, and have to say that i do admire his writing.
This storyline is totally real and believable...how one single act of violence has a trickle-down effect. A multi-generational effect. How people suffer, and handle facts differently. There were times i wanted to reach in and shake a character or two. I felt that the offender was portrayed as being holier than thou- literally.
But i may be jaded, because in certain aspects i have been in her shoes, and tried telling the truth...

Rose was brutalized as a teenager and in circumstances out of her control, gave birth to a baby girl. Fast forward years later and on her deathbed she confides her truth to her teenage granddaughter. WHEN the whole story surfaces is when I start to shake my head in disbelief....Ah well.
Ultimately the burden and sadness is simply too overwhelming for the third generation Alexia.
I am going to be honest here and say that i found the conversations to be somehat stilted and repetitive. However the storyline is r
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The Secret of Rose-Anne Riley is a historical fictional account of four generations of an American family. Rose-Anne is the gentle grandmother whose violent rape, covered up and papered over, continues to fester like a corrosive wound, finally emerging to darken the life of Alexia, a beautiful girl in the family's third generation. Rose-Anne's benevolent care endears her to Alexia who becomes her grandmother's confidante and companion during her final illness. The grandmother reveals the account of her violent rape by a young man who was the spoiled son of a wealthy family for whom she did housework. Before confessing this to Alexia, Rose-Anne stipulates that she must keep it a secret, and herein perhaps lies the most destructive aspect of her influence on her granddaughter. The novel deals with Rose-Anne's toxic secret and how it has come to haunt the consciousness of her granddaughter.

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