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Description:
Rose Daniels decides to leave her abusive husband Norman, but the
problem is that he is good at tracking people - a skill he learns on
the job as a policeman. Rose arrives at the Daughters and Sisters
refuge, and begins to get her life back on track, with the help of her
new friends and the staff.
She purchases a painting titled 'Rose
Madder', and is offered a job reading audio book. Over the next few
days the strange painting begins to change, and she enters the painting
and rescues the strange woman Rose Madder's baby. Soon after Norman
finds Rose, but is lured into the painting where he is killed
Published: Viking, 1995
Dedication: This book is for
Joan Marks.
Characters:
| ?, Andrea |
Child on the slides at the Daughters and Sisters picnic |
| ?, Chris |
Ticket seller at the Daughters and Sisters picnic |
| ?, Dale |
Person in Samuel Lowe's barber shop |
| ?, Fred |
Spoken about by 2 women at the Daughters and Sisters picnic |
| ?, Norma |
Aunt of a kid on the bus when Rose left Norman |
| ?, Paul |
Child on the slides at the Daughters and Sisters picnic |
| Amazing Urban Jewboy |
Norman Daniels name for Peter Slowik |
| Babcock, Lee |
One of the Police Officers that Norman Daniels kills |
| Bell, Christina |
Writer who's novels Rose was to read |
| Bender, Richie |
Robbed a payless store, and killed the clerk. Sold drugs |
| Bissington, Harley |
Norman Daniels' partner |
| Briscoe, John |
Neighbour of Rose Daniels that was shot by Norman |
| Bruster, ? |
Police officer who busted Ramon Sanders on a drug charge |
| Chastain, Misery |
Character out of a Paul Sheldon novel. She was the last person Anna Stevenson thought about before
she died |
| Coras, Ann |
Avon Lady |
| Daniels, Caroline |
The name that Rose gave to her baby when she lost it from the beating given by Norman |
| Daniels, Norman |
Wife beating psychotic cop. Husband of Rose |
| Daniels, Rose Diana |
Married name of Rose McClendon. Wife of Norman, who leaves her husband for a life of her own |
| Daniels, Roy |
Father or Norman |
| Day, Susan |
Dead woman's activist |
| Delaney, Marilyn |
Fictional woman that nursed Homp Peterson back to health |
| Delgado, Consuelo |
Worked at Daughters and Sisters |
| Demers, Alvin |
One of the Police Officers that Norman Daniels kills |
| Diamond, Mrs |
Clerk at Store 24 |
| Dodd, Alvin |
Name Norman Daniels uses to register at the Whitestone Hotel |
| Dorcas |
The woman who helped Rose in the picture |
| Erinyes |
The blind bull that guards the temple |
| Flyte, Angela |
Best friend of Rose when she was at college, and also the name that Rose used to buy the ticket on
the bus |
| Foster, Roy |
Police friend of Norman Daniels |
| Franklin, Randi |
At the Daughters and Sisters picnic |
| Goodis, David |
Wrote "Dark Passage" |
| Gustafson, John |
Partner of Lt Hale |
| Hale, Lieutenant |
Police officer who was investigating Norman Daniels attacks at the Daughters and Sisters picnic |
| Hamilton, Curtis |
Recording Engineer at the Tape Engine |
| Hardaway, Captain |
Gave Norman Daniels time off work |
| Haverford, Pam |
Worked at the Whitestone Hotel with Rose. Her husband beat her and threw her through a window |
| Huggins, Melanie |
Woman at the Daughters and Sisters picnic. Mother of Stanley |
| Huggins, Stanley |
Young boy at Daughters and Sisters picnic. Son of Melanie |
| Kelly, Al |
Police Artist |
| Kinshaw, Gertrude (Gert) |
Big woman who worked at the Daughters and Sisters |
| Kline, Lana |
Psychiatric worker who helped out at the Daughters and Sisters |
| Lefferts, Rob |
Offered Rose a job when he met her |
| Leffingwell, ? |
Police officer who busted Ramon Sanders on a drug charge |
| Lowe, Samuel |
Barber who shaved Norman Daniels' head |
| Madder, Rose |
The name of the picture version of Rose. Also a color |
| McClendon, Craig |
Father of Rose |
| McClendon, Rose |
Maiden name of Rose Daniels |
| Morelli, Lieutenant |
Worked with Norman Daniels |
| O'Brian, Father |
Told Norman Daniels that pets have no souls |
| O'Hara, Browyn |
Girlfriend of Bill Steiner who died of a brain aneurysm |
| Parry, ? |
Character in "Dark Passage" |
| Peterson, ? |
Character in book "Kill all my tomorrow's" |
| Peterson, Jeannie |
Fictional sister of Hump Peterson |
| Peterson, Richard (Hump) |
Name that Norman Daniels used for the ex Vietnam veteran in the wheelchair disguise he uses at the
Daughters and Sisters picnic |
| Pratt, Mrs |
Mentioned in Passing |
| Radamanthus |
Pony in the picture |
| Robbins, Oliver |
Sold Rose the ticket for the Continental Bus ride when she left Norman |
| Sanders, Ramon |
Found with Norman Daniels ATM card. Drug dealer and thief |
| Satterwaite, Gordon |
First detective partner of Norman Daniels |
| Sheldon, Paul |
Writer who wrote "Misery's Lover" and "Misery's Journey" |
| Simons, Rhoda |
Rose's director at the Tape Engine |
| Slater, Whitey |
Worked with Norman Daniels |
| Slowik, Hal |
Brother of Peter |
| Slowik, Peter |
Ex husband of Anna Stevenson, worked at the travelers aid point and directed Rose to the Daughters
and Sisters. |
| Smith, Cynthia |
Helped by Daughters and Sisters when her boyfriend tried to rip off her ear. Wore colored hair and
was attacked by Norman Daniels |
| Smith, Mr |
Father of Cynthia. Methodist minister |
| Sparks, Cathy |
At the Daughters and Sisters picnic |
| St. James, Robin |
Helped by the Daughters and Sisters |
| Steiner, Abe |
Father of Bill |
| Steiner, Bill |
Worked at Liberty City Loan & Pawn, where Rose tried to sell her ring. Ended up becoming good
friends with Rose |
| Steiner, Pamela Gertrude |
Daughter of Rose and Bill |
| Steiner, Rose |
Rose McClendon's second married name |
| Stevenson, Anna |
Owner of Daughters and Sisters. Her parents started the company, and then died, leaving her in charge.
Was once married to Peter Slowik |
| Stevenson, Jessica |
Mother of Anna. Started Daughters and Sisters |
| Stevenson, Leo |
Father of Anna. Started Daughters and Sisters |
| StGeorge, Alma |
Character in book "Kill all my tomorrow's" |
| Thumper |
Norman Daniels name for Peter Slowik |
| Uncle Bill |
Man who molested Ramon Sanders as a child |
| Uncle Carlo |
Man who molested Ramon Sanders as a child |
| Verecker, Dawn |
Gave Clerking lessons on a cash register to women at Daughters and Sisters |
| Williams, Sergeant |
In the detective Division |
| Yarrow, Wendy |
Made trouble for Norman Daniels. Lived with Richie Bender |
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