Another book hunt

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Seeing all these Facebook posts about choosing the books that influenced you got me thinking about a book I read when I was about 11 or 12 so would have been mid 80's. Not sure if it was a kids book though - I read some weird stuff. The tricky one with this is that we were living in the US at the time so could be unknown here.
Here's what remember - a toddler brother or sister accidently drowned in a pond at the bottom of a garden and the main character is blamed/blames themselves. There was something about a rose bush - I think 'rose' might be in the title and I think it's set in Brooklyn or at least some of it is and I think early to mid 20th century. Don't know if it was fiction or a biography.
Not much to go on I'm afraid - I will be amazed if I can find it but thought it's worth asking. Or it could be my brain remembering a mish mash of books. Any ideas?

I found one called the lottery rose by Irene hunt. 1976 release aimed at young adult middle school.

One child drowns but not sibling.

So frustrating when this happens!! I did this last year with a book I had read about the same age. Found it eventually.

YES! I think that was it. Bloody love MN . Thank you four paws It was one of the first books that made properly sob.

OMG brilliantI was still looking because the toddler bit didn't seem to fit.

Love a good Google. Book fiction rose drowning America........search!

Happy reading.

Ah see it's the knowing the right words to Google that makes the difference - I was searching for rose books and got distracted by the Brooklyn thing.

Ha, more luck. I had Brooklyn and rose bush a lot as well.