Katie O'Rourke

• May-2025
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Barbara is a widow, a recent retiree, and a liar. She tells lies like she drinks hot coffee—easily and often. Yes, this macaroni salad is homemade. Yes, I love your new dress. Yes, my children have the same father. The way Barbara sees it, lyin...

• Nov-2017
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Tucson, Arizona is a place for runaways. Everyone you meet here came from somewhere else and has a story about what they left behind. Blood & Water tells these stories in five alternating first-person narratives: a young mother named Ally, the...

• Aug-2015
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This collection of short stories is about women negotiating their roles in family, love, and the world at large. A tense family dinner exposes cracks in a long marriage. Insecurity and secrets threaten a passionate new love affair. An unconventional ...

• Jan-2014
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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. Juliet grows up too quickly, forced to be responsible for her younger sist...

• Jul-2012
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Riley refuses to call herself a battered woman - she doesn't fit the profile.When her boyfriend Ben hits her, she doesn't know what to call it. She does know to pack her things and run to the one place that feels safe - home. Riley discovers she's pr...

Katie O'Rourke writes engaging, big-hearted stories about complicated families, navigating life, and finding love.2000: This is the year Jenna is supposed to graduate college, become independent, and find true happiness???whatever that looks like. Bu...