Catherine O'Connellová je autorkou piatich románov, ktoré čerpajú z jej rozmanitých životných skúseností. Jej diela sa vyznačujú prenikavým pohľadom na rôzne spoločenské vrstvy, ktorý získala vďaka svojej pestrej kariére v oblastiach od hotelového personálu po obchod s vínom. O'Connellová obratne začleňuje tieto poznatky do svojich literárnych diel a vytvára tak pútavé príbehy. Jej literárna činnosť a zapojenie do literárnych komunít podčiarkujú jej oddanosť umeniu písania.
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.