Kayleen Schaefer Books in Order

When her filmmaker brother abruptly abandons his career and disappears, journalist Kayleen Schaefer sets out to find him. Her search leads to Mexico and questions about their bond, his choices and her own identity.

Kayleen Schaefer combines personal experiences, interviews with women and pop culture analysis to examine female friendship. She traces changing attitudes toward these relationships and explores the support women find in bonds often overshadowed by romance.

Kayleen Schaefer examines how people in their thirties navigate education, independence, careers, marriage and parenthood. Personal experiences, interviews and research show how economic pressures and changing expectations challenge the traditional timetable for becoming an adult.