'Rose Boysis the wrenching, stunning account of a family living for about a quarter of a century in the sometimes tightening, sometimes loosening, but never absent, grip of a catastrophe.'Brian Matthews, The Age'...a book of immense emotional force that is a eulogy to his brother, a tribute to his parents and a powerful demonstration of the redemptive quality of suffering.'Brent Crosswell, Meanjin'... a deeply felt, passionately uplifting story...'Liam Davison. The Weekend AustralianRose Boysis the story of two brothers profoundly different, compellingly linked by blood ties, a famous sporting family and the terrible misfortune that befell one of them.Robert Rose was an Australian Rules footballer and a cricketer who could have been one of the best of his generation. On St Valentine's Day 1974 all that changed when a terrible car accident left him a quadriplegic. Robert lived for another twenty-five years, totally dependent on others. His brother Peter followed a very different path, as a poet, a poet, publisher and leading Australian literary figure. This is Peter's tribute to his brother. Rose Boysis the story of Robert's unaffected heroism, the limitless love of a mother and father, and the intimate world shared by two very different brothers. Above all, it is a family memoir of rare penetration and candour.FRONT COVER QUOTE:'A deep family story of suffering, love and passionate devotion, richly and freshly told.'Helen GarnerHALF TITLE PAGE QUOTES:'Rose Boysis an intimate and moving though never maudlin