Blood & Water

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 deliberately childless Tim and Sara, single dad David with a college-bound daughter and David's little sister, Delilah, who shows up on his doorstep with a secret. This novel is about family, in its various manifestations: the one you're born into, the one you choose and the one you create.

©2017 Katie O'Rourke (P)2025 Katie O'Rourke

Brilliant!

Katie O'Rourke is one of my favorite authors. I enjoy reading her books, but listening to the Audiobook for Blood & Water was a treat. Delilah leaves home after a disastrous relationship to come to Tucson to stay for a while with her brother and his daughter. The story revolves around family relationships and explores the perspectives of several characters. Katie creates strong characters that find their way into your heart and give meaning to the story, forming a web connecting one to another and to the reader as well. I highly recommend this audiobook - it's one I intend to listen to again and again.