Rain, missing her Mom and in a way, her Dad too, takes care of herself – she thinks. Here she’s getting dressed and drunk just before the big party. For previous parts of this story from nancy, Casey, Kayla and Rain, check out OGW 10/1/09, 11/5, 11/12, 12/10, 12/31, 1/14/10. This thread of OGW has evolved into the skeleton of a new novel, called either “The Party” or “Raped”, I think.

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In the new novel, Nancy (from Crosses, now grown up, with daughter, Casey) is writing a book about the party and what happened there, and the aftermath. Drama between she and Casey is interspersed with interviews of all the girls (drawn from OGW).

Peace, love, respect,
Shelley Stoehr

Selected Works

Young Adult Fiction

Crosses
Nancy and Katie are best friends with one big thing in common -- they both cut themselves, “Not by accident, we do it purposely -- and regularly -- because physical pain is comforting, and because now it has become a habit.”

Weird on the Outside
When sixteen-year-old Tracey runs away she finds that making ends meet in New York City for a young girl with few real skills is nearly impossible. That’s when Tracey becomes Amanda, a topless dancer.

Tomorrow Wendy
“I’ve discovered that if you wear a big enough hat, no one worries much about what’s going on inside your head,” says Cary. And no one, not even her boyfriend, Danny, knows about the things inside Cary’s head. Especially the feelings she has for Wendy, a girl with bright green hair and hard-candy sadness in her eyes.

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