The Possession Of Lilac Rose The perks and nasty side effects of demonic possession. Lilac Rose was born to a single African American mother in the poorest part of Detroit Michigan. Hunger gnawed at her stomach most of the time because the meager welfare checks and foods stamps mostly went to support her mother's alcohol addiction. She had everything stacked against her but she was determined to succeed in spite of the substandard schools and burned out teachers she encountered. She experienced bullying because of her worn second hand clothes. Her mother was verbally and physically abusive to...