A Long Thaw, by Katie O'Rourke
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A multi-generational story about the power of secrets and the unbreakable bonds of family. A Long Thaw is about two female cousins who were close as children and reconnect as adults. Abby and Juliet were born into one big, close, Catholic family. But the divorce of Juliet’s parents fragments this family and sends the girls in very different directions. Juliet grows up too quickly, on the west coast, forced to be responsible for her younger sisters as well as an alcoholic, single mother. On the east coast, Abby grows up a pampered, sheltered only child. 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. This book has been published traditionally and I'm rereleasing it on my own.
A Long Thaw, by Katie O'Rourke - Amazon Sales Rank: #345680 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-06
- Released on: 2015-03-06
- Format: Kindle eBook
A Long Thaw, by Katie O'Rourke Review Compulsively readable. - The Book StopO'Rourke's prose has a definite talent for drawing me into the story from the first page. - Casee Marie, Literary InklingsBeautifully written and engaging, I can't imagine anyone not getting lost in these pages. - Ionia Martin, Readful ThingsI love the way she consistently builds realistic characters I can root for. - Tricia Drammeh, Authors to Watch
From the Author Since A Long Thaw was previously traditionally published, it's already been professionally edited and vetted by a standard gatekeeper, which hopefully will help give it that little extra bit of credibility in the sea of self-published books.
From the Inside Flap I've always imagined A Long Thaw as a modern interpretation of the old prince and the pauper story. Abby and Juliet are cousins who, until the age of ten, live the same privileged, sheltered lives in a big Irish Catholic family. When Juliet's parents divorce, her mother moves across the country so that she no longer has that safety net. The cousins reconnect in their twenties and the book deals with the ways we are changed by our experiences as well as the ways we are unchangeable.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A beautiful novel of the heartbreaks and joys of family By Casee Clow In her second novel following 2012′s Monsoon Season, Katie O’Rourke returns with a story of the heartbreaks and joys of family. As children cousins Abby and Juliet were inseparable, spending their summers creating a lifetime of memories together. Everything changed when Juliet’s parents divorced and her mother moved her to the opposite coast: while Juliet lived a struggle-filled life in California, all but raising her two younger sisters in the shadow of their mother’s neglect, Abby was left to grow up as the privileged only child of a loving, sustained family. Years later, Abby and Juliet come back into each other’s lives and realize that the two close-knit little girls have grown into two very different young women; but with faith in the power of family and friendship they’ll find that the girls they once were are still close at heart. Through familial struggles, boyfriend woes, and all the trials and triumphs of life, Abby and Juliet will be reminded of how they’ve each been the one person the other could always depend on.A Long Thaw carries many of the same wonderful qualities that made Monsoon Season such an impressive debut and extends them into a somewhat more expansive sophomore novel. O’Rourke’s prose has a definite talent for drawing me into the story from the first page; the world of her fiction comes to life with impressive clarity and her characters are immediately interesting. I felt deeply connected to Abby and Juliet; their closeness was almost sisterly in the way that they didn’t really skip a beat reuniting, despite whatever years and secrets were there between them. As characters their differences balance each other out in a terrific paradox: sheltered, fortunate Abby is the protective one while Juliet, for all of the hardships in her life, is the more vulnerable of the two. They were, by effect, like puzzle pieces that fit together perfectly, in many ways two halves of one whole. In the same vein, their differences give way to plenty of misunderstandings – such as Juliet’s ability to always pick the wrong man and Abby’s perpetually high expectations of others – but as the story progresses it’s particularly interesting to see their vices switch. The novel became, for me, an engrossing look at two vastly different yet perfectly attuned characters, and how they bring each other closer and further away from their best selves.Beyond their relationship as cousins, family dynamics play an even broader role in A Long Thaw, particularly between Juliet’s father Allen, Abby’s mother Rachel, and the cousins’ grandmother Mary. O’Rourke rotates her narrative focus to encompass all of these characters, a unique strategy that allows her to take the reader momentarily away from the current happenings of the story and back into the history of each person, revealing a depth of insight into all of the different personalities that come together in the novel. It would be easy for these asides to distract the reader, to cause us to lose interest when we’re taken away from the action, but it’s a testament to O’Rourke’s talent with building intriguing characters that we are willing to venture back into the past with them, ever curious to learn more. The pacing of O’Rourke’s prose is beautiful in itself, her narrative handled with serene straightforwardness; the recollections of Abby and Juliet’s New England summers as children captured, at least for me, the truest and most personal essence of familial memories. The novel’s atmosphere had a way of feeling instantly familiar while the story and structure were a constant reminder of its singular uniqueness. That alone makes A Long Thaw a worthwhile read, but perhaps its greatest charm lies in the full-heartedness of its two heroines and the contagious feeling of connectivity we get from them. With its deeply thoughtful prose and warm, honest storytelling, A Long Thaw proves again O’Rourke’s talent for taking us out of our own world and into the realm of truly engaging literature.(Review © Casee Marie, originally published on February 12, 2014 at LiteraryInklings.com. A copy of the book was provided for the purpose of review.)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Beautifully written coming-of-age story By Mary Vensel White Katie O'Rourke writes brilliantly about the craggy landscape of young adulthood. Childhood lessons and loyalties clash with the insuppressible urge to make new connections, romantic relationships are seldom easy or drama-free and sometimes, a return to family is exactly what is needed. A Long Thaw is a rich, nuanced story about something universal: the attempt to be happy with ourselves and hopefully, with someone else. A big-hearted and deep-thinking novel about two young women navigating the peaks and valleys of love while relying on their friendship and family bond to keep them balanced along the way. --Mary Vensel White, author of The Qualities of Wood
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Good story By April Wood "Looks like it's going to be a long thaw."Abby has always had a safety net, unlike her cousin Juliet, who has an absent father and a drunk mother who depends on her financially. Abby is her cousin's keeper and protector. Not that Juliet can't protect herself...Juliet is tough, in many aspects of her life, except when it comes to love. Perhaps her poor choices in men are because her father abandoned her and her sisters at a young age. All Juliet wants is a man who won't leave her, and then there is Abby, who has a list of 50 qualities that are required in her perfect mate.Allen made a mistake ten years ago, and as a result he lost his wife and his daughters. He rationalizes that they don't need him, they have each other, but he tells his family otherwise. At Thanksgiving dinner, a family secret is let out, leaving everybody to question, "why?", and "how could I have missed so much?" "What can be done to make things right?"This broken family sets out to make things right, because life goes on, and as long as life goes on, there will be more chances to get it right.I liked this story, because I like stories that center around family. Juliet and Abby have a bond that cannot be broken. Even after not seeing each other for ten years, they immediately click back together. They take care of, and lean on one another. These girls act more like sisters than cousins. They are lucky to have this bond, and they both need each other more than ever.I did have some problems with this story though. For one, there are no chapters. The story is separated by segments, chronicling each character's POV, (specifically Abby, Juliet, Mary the Grandmother, Rachel the aunt/mother, and Allen the uncle/father). There was a lot of back story throughout the book. It would get to a really good part, and the next segment would go way back in time which irritated me. If the story was structured differently, I would have given it 4 stars.Another thing I found peculiar, but in no way did I take it into consideration for my review, was that I thought the author was from the United Kingdom. I say that because of her language: "favour", "kerb", "pyjama", "favourite", "colour", "neighbour", "behaviour", etc. When I saw she was from New England, I was very surprised. I wonder why she writes British-English?The ending was anti-climatic, and disappointing. I felt that there should have been more.This is what I took away from the The Long Thaw, by Katie O'Rourke, that life goes on. That as long as you are here breathing on this earth, you have a second chance at making things right! What a powerful message!Overall, this is a good story, and I did like it. 3 Stars!
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