Author: Donna Freitas
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Year published: 2011
Pages: 353
Sixteen-year-old Rose Madison used to have a perfect life: a loving and caring family, popularity, and a gorgeous boyfriend. But all changed after her mother passed away. Nowadays Rose was a full of grief teenager who hated being in the center of crowd. She pulled herself from her friends, her boyfriend, and also from music: thing she used to like the most.
One day, Rose found her mother's last gift for her, the Survival Kits, that was meant to help Rose to walk through her difficult time, contained an Ipod with songs compiled by her mother, a picture of peonies, a crystal heart, a paper star, a box of crayons, and a tiny handmade kite. Also, a beautiful gown Rose calls the Dress Made of Night. It's up to Rose's interpretation to use the kits. Rose started using the Survival Kits by planting the peonies with the help of the family's gardener and also Rose's senior, Will Doniger. Gradually, by using the Survival Kits, Rose found her new happiness and a way to live life after loss. And maybe a new love.
