Roses and Rot

By Kat Howard

Subjects: Sœurs -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, Secrets de famille -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, Fiction, women, Family secrets, Artist colonies -- Fiction, Fantasy fiction, Sisters -- Fiction, Artists -- Fiction, Artistes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, Women artists, fiction, Fiction, Artists, fiction, Family secrets -- Fiction, Sisters, Women artists, Artist colonies, Artists, Women artists -- Fiction

Description: Imogen has grown up reading fairy tales about mothers who die and make way for cruel stepmothers. As a child, she used to lie in bed wishing that her life would become one of these tragic fairy tales because she couldn't imagine how a stepmother could be worse than her mother now. As adults, Imogen and her sister Marin are accepted to an elite post-grad arts program; Imogen as a writer and Marin as a dancer. Soon enough, though, they realize that there's more to the school than meets the eye. Imogen might be living in the fairy tale she's dreamed about as a child, but it's one that will pit her against Marin if she decides to escape her past to find her heart's desire