'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…
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