tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819080893000490472024-03-12T21:49:53.774-07:00Katie O'RourkeKatie O'Rourkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324745918050259841noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181908089300049047.post-71415805850213255532012-08-16T16:08:00.004-07:002014-01-14T09:51:33.432-08:00Books by Katie O'Rourke<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnNOz3bEF52awBGXbkEuESoduqvsjPsDs4cE78SS977lcMSXEtqwTsrqsw0cq4kG2E7KaDOar7R1Kl07jcMAU8DGQyMTl52w0_KLwcypTdOX6cMb5V7V4BbV_slFOnVzmLPBryga6zNNL/s1600/altcover.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnNOz3bEF52awBGXbkEuESoduqvsjPsDs4cE78SS977lcMSXEtqwTsrqsw0cq4kG2E7KaDOar7R1Kl07jcMAU8DGQyMTl52w0_KLwcypTdOX6cMb5V7V4BbV_slFOnVzmLPBryga6zNNL/s320/altcover.jpeg" width="210" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Cousins Abby and Juliet were born
into one big, close family. But when Juliet's parents divorce, it tears
the family apart and sends the girls in very different directions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Juliet grows up too quickly, forced to be responsible for her younger sisters as well as an alcoholic, single mother. Abby grows up a pampered, sheltered only child. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">As
women, they try to mend the rift and come to terms with the way their
shared history connects them, in spite of the years apart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Told in alternating narrative, <i>A Long Thaw </i>explores
how the two women are shaped by the traumas and triumphs of childhood.
It's a story about the power of secrets and the unbreakable bonds of
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Now available as an e-book on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/A-Long-Thaw-Katie-ORourke-ebook/dp/B00D8DO5IY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1389668215&sr=8-2&keywords=a+long+thaw">amazon</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Long-Thaw-Katie-ORourke-ebook/dp/B00D8DO5IY/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389720307&sr=1-2&keywords=a+long+thaw">amazon.uk</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Monsoon
Season is about a girl growing up and learning to let people love her. Riley
graduates from college with a degree in philosophy and no idea where she's
headed. On a whim, she moves to Tucson from the east coast and quickly loses
herself in a dysfunctional relationship. When things in Tucson fall apart, Riley
returns home and is forced to confront the same dynamics in her family and other
relationships that she thought she had escaped.</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">With
alternating narrative, we see what Riley has learned about love from the people
closest to her, how she has grown into the person she is, and how she struggles
to change. Monsoon Season explores how well we know the people we love and how
much every person we choose to let into our lives shapes who we become.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now available as an e-book on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Monsoon-Season-ebook/dp/B0070TREUS/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_t_2">amazon</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Monsoon-Season-ebook/dp/B0070TREUS/ref=zg_bs_62_85">amazon.uk</a>! Also available in <a href="https://www.createspace.com/3918007">paperback</a>.</span><br />
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