Rose Madder
written by Stephen King
Date: June 1995
This Book refers to Misery's Journey written by Paul Sheldon
part of Misery Chastain
This is the book Rose was reading the day her husband's beating caused her to miscarry
Rose Madder is a fantasy novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1995. It deals with the effects of domestic violence (which King had touched upon before in the novels It, Insomnia, Dolores Claiborne, Needful Things, and many others) and, unusually for a King novel, relies for its fantastic element on Greek mythology. In his memoir, On Writing, King states that Rose Madder and Insomnia are "stiff, trying-too-hard novels."