Briar_Rose

Briar Rose In a nutshell: Briar Rose is the story of the Holocaust intertwined with the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty. The story begins with the death of the "Gemma," the grandmother of Becca. Through out Becca’s life Gemma told the story of Sleeping Beauty many times to her. Now, however, after making a promise to her grandmother, to find her past, the once insignificant fairy tale might be a clue to her actual past. Before her grandmother's death Becca had vowed to fulfill her grandmothers promise, which was to rediscover her origin. After the grandmother's death, Becca became intrigued in what she had found in a box Gemma left behind. In the box there were only vague clues about Gemma’s past. Drawn to the mystery of her grandmothers past, Becca continued to search for clues. After finding out what could be a lead to Gemma’s past, Becca decides to go to Poland were everything began. Once in Poland Becca tries to solve the mystery. When Becca goes to Joseph Potocki, a once close friend of Gemma, this is all answered There in Joseph Potocki's house Becca finds the shocking conclusion to her grandmother's past. Gemma's fairy tales were not all briar, rose, story, becca, past, joseph, gemma, told, one, fairy, book, tale, sleeping, life, holocaust, grandmother's, gemma’s, death, beauty, after, two, stories, side, shocking, promise, poland, out, once, mystery, make, intriguing, intertwined, grandmothers, grandmother, goes, gemma's, finding, escape, clues, began, becca's, you're, won't, vowed, vow what's, vague, using, until, truth, tries, times, through