9781741159837_

Dontcha just hate the way you get caught up in stuff without really wanting to? You make a wrong move, and before you know it youre in some weird scene that isnt you but . how do you get out of it? Maybe you lied, maybe you stole, maybe you betrayed your closest friend. It happens. Yeah. Then it goes a bit further, and suddenly youre one of those jerks you hate because . you cant be trusted.

Rose is all packed up. Shes got a van full of petrol and a stack of CDs. Shes got a surfboard in the back and a secret that wont go away. But thats okay. She also has enough attitude to light up the night sky.

Then her mother decides to come along . and Roses road trip takes an unplanned U-turn, straight to the heart of last summer.

Reviews:

No one explores that time of possibilities between school and university or work as honestly as Maureen mcCarthy. Gleebooks summer reading catalogue, distributed in Sydney Morning Herald 20/11/06

a fantastically paced and engaging novel, which deals with some really topical issues affecting most children today. Sure to appeal to the fans of Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, this is well written and a real feel-good novel that every older teenager girl will enjoy. Bookseller Publisher Oct 2006

Maureen McCarthys books are engrossing because the protagonists lives ring true and she articulates the feelings that most people leave unsaid Weekend Australian 28-29 Oct 2006

The directness and clarity with which the author deals with characters and their feelings should resonate with those who read the book a satisfying story about big decisions. Viewpoint Vol 14 No 4 Summer 2006

brilliantly evokes family relationships McCarthys writing is sparkling, never missing a beat, and replete with original and striking imagery. The novel will be deservedly popular with older teenagers. Magpies Vol 21 No 5 Nov 2006. Rose by any other name was one of Magpies Picks of 2006.

as suitable for teenagers as it is their grandmothers. Melbourne Herald Sun 4/11/06

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Then her mother decides to come along . and Roses road trip takes an unplanned U-turn, straight to the heart of last summer.

Reviews:

No one explores that time of possibilities between school and university or work as honestly as Maureen mcCarthy. Gleebooks summer reading catalogue, distributed in Sydney Morning Herald 20/11/06

Maureen McCarthys books are engrossing because the protagonists lives ring true and she articulates the feelings that most people leave unsaid Weekend Australian 28-29 Oct 2006

as suitable for teenagers as it is their grandmothers. Melbourne Herald Sun 4/11/06

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