Catherine O'Connell es una autora cuyas cinco novelas se nutren profundamente de sus diversas experiencias vitales. Su obra se caracteriza por una exploración perspicaz de diversos ámbitos de la vida, informada por una variada carrera que abarca desde camarera de hotel hasta vendedora de vinos finos. O'Connell teje hábilmente estas perspectivas diversas en su escritura, creando narrativas cautivadoras. Su compromiso con las artes literarias se evidencia además en su participación en comunidades de escritores y programas literarios.
After her bachelorette party, Maggie Trueheart wakes up hungover and in bed with a stranger. Then she's hit with the harrowing news of Angie's murder; her friend who had been alive at the party last night. In the build up to the wedding day, more secrets are revealed and the murderer zeros in on another victim. Can the killer be stopped in time?
When Greta Westerlind awakes in hospital having almost been killed in an avalanche, she is devastated to learn that her close friend perished in the slide. With no memory of the incident, Greta can't explain why they were skiing in such lethal terrain, but as a series of menacing incidents unfolds, she is convinced that someone means to harm her...
Using interviews and other ethnographic materials from Texas and California, this book explores how teachers struggle to create a classroom persona that balances who they are and what's expected of them in a climate of pervasive homophobia.