ROSIE PRICE groeide op in Gloucestershire en studeerde Engelse taal- en letterkunde in Cambridge. Drie jaar lang werkte ze als assistente bij een literair agentschap voordat ze zich toelegde op haar eigen schrijfwerk. Ze woont nu in Londen. Rosie Price is een auteur wier werk de complexiteit van menselijke relaties en het innerlijke leven van haar personages onderzoekt. Haar proza staat bekend om zijn scherpe psychologische inzichten en zorgvuldige emotionele weergave, waarmee ze meeslepende verhalen creëert die lezers onderdompelen in de diepten van de menselijke ervaring.
At their London home, just after graduation, her life is shattered apart in a bedroom while a party goes on downstairs.WHAT RED WAS explores the effects of trauma on mind and body, the tyrannies of memory, the sacrifices involved in staying silent, the courage of a young woman in speaking out.
Can we live fully when we are too afraid to be seen? Rhianne is about to find out 'A writer with a voice as fresh as new paint' The Times Rhianne expresses her inner world through line and colour. This summer, though, back home in the west country, she is seeking distraction in heat and noise. Art school in London has ripped away her confidence and sense of safety: better for now to be swept along by the hotel kitchen where she's working, where the pressure is high and the dangers are more obvious. Sharp knives. Hot plates. Little time to think. Her dad, Dominic, is concerned for Rhianne but relieved to have her close. Her step-mum, Melissa, is on alert, though trying to tread carefully. But then there's Callum, just across the chef's pass, with his controlled manner and intent gaze. There's attraction. There's everything that comes next. From the acclaimed author of What Red Was, The Orange Room is about the narrow line between passion and control, and an insidious kind of violence that is difficult to name. Asking what it means to see clearly, and what courage it takes to be seen, it is the story of a tenacious young woman who - through her art, her strength, her determination - finds her way back to herself. Praise for What Red Was: 'One of the most powerful debuts you'll ever read' Stylist 'Scorching and original' Sunday Times 'An urgent story told beautifully' - Dolly Alderton