Fifteen-year-old Natalie Canton's world is turned upsidedown when her mother loses her battle with cancer onValentine's Day. A fragile white rose becomes Natalie's onlytangible link between the mother she lost and the hope shedesperately needs to find. Natalie's father sends her toNevada for Christmas to visit her aunt's ranch. Shortlyafter her arrival, Natalie's rose slips out of her coatpocket, undetected, and falls into the riding corral. Thenext day, a pure white horse, presumably a stray, standswhere the rose fell. With each passing day as she rides andcares for 'Rose,' Natalie learns to accept death as a seasonof life. Natalie's Rose is a simple, metaphorical story ofcomfort and assurance for all of us who struggle with death.Love never dies.
