Rose boys are the agonising story of Robert Roses translation from a quintessentially Australian sporting life of brilliance, promise and hedonistic physicality to the confined and crippled world of quadriplegic. This metamorphosis occurs as so many of them do in a few tangled, metallic-rushing moments. More broadly Rose boys is the wrenching, stunning account of a family living for about a quarter of a century in the sometimes tightening, sometimes loosening but never absent grip …showed first 75 words of 389 total…

…showed last 75 words of 389 total…that most of his time was devoted to his brother. He and Daisy visited ward 7 everyday for quite some time to prevent his feeling of loneliness. This shows their remarkable love to Robert. Peter fed Robert at times of good and bad. During the night Peter turned Robert occasionally to make sure that his condition never worsened. Robert needed 24 hour nursing his family was always there and available to help during the time of day.