Rosalie Olds

Dead Weight Rosalie Olds

A young 12 year old, Effie Bradley, discovers that she is the only one in her family who recognizes that her grandfather who has had a massive stroke is able to communicate by blinking and no one believes her. What she learns from her Gramps of his intense emotional pain since the death of his wife and the actions she takes leads her down a path that nearly destroys her life and nearly breaks apart her family forever.

Follow the adult decisions that this young girl feels she and she alone has to make. Effie's actions bring the police, lawyers and the district attorney into the story after she helps her Gramps deal with his pain.

"In this emotional story, told through Effie and different members of the Bradley family, author Rosalie Olds has created an unusual and gripping family drama." Christopher Meeks, author of A Death in Vegas