Artichoke's HeartAnnotationWhen she is almost sixteen years old, Rosemary decides she is sick of being overweight, mocked at school and at Heavenly Hair--her mother's beauty salon--and feeling out of control, and as she slowly loses weight, she realizes that she is able to cope with her mother's cancer, having a boyfriend for the first time, and discovering that other people's lives are not as perfect as they seem from the outside.
Characters| Name | Goode, Rosemary |
| Gender | Female |
| Genre | Young adult fiction Romance
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| Topics | Self-esteem Love Indentify
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| Setting | Tennessee
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