Download or read book The Wilted Rose written by Kate-Lyn Therkelsen and published by Kate-Lyn Therkelsen. This book was released on 2011 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the harrowing experiences of a real Australian family, The Wilted Rose tells the story of Sarah, an ambitious young woman battling against her family's strict religious beliefs to achieve her dreams. Balancing her passions with the traditional path of marriage and children pushes her to the brink of emotional chaos, and her husband faces the prospect of living an entire lifetime without the love of his wife. Their only daughter Grace grapples to cope with the toll her mother's emotional hardship takes on their family, and the normal mother-daughter relationship she longs for. Passion, religion, first love and heartbreak, depression and mental illness, family tragedy, and lifelong friendship intertwine to tell this truly captivating story of one woman's drive to overcome adversity, and the final straw that threatens to destroy her spirit and could tear her family's life apart. Kate-Lyn Therkelsen is based in Brisbane and has appeared in several publications, including the Fellowship of Australian Writers Queensland, an organisation for which she has served as Treasurer. She is a contributing writer for international online magazine Suite 101, and her profile appears on the Young People Creating Queensland website. In 2007 she received a High Recommendation in the Young Writers section of the Alan Marshall Short Story Competition. The Wilted Rose is her debut novel.