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04.19: Sarah Thebarge
2013-03-15 00:36:46| Powells Books Events Calendar
Twenty-seven-year-old Sarah Thebarge had it all — a loving boyfriend, an Ivy League degree, and a successful career — when her life was derailed by an unthinkable diagnosis: aggressive breast cancer. After just barely surviving the grueling treatments, Sarah moved to Portland, Oregon, to start over. There, a chance encounter with an exhausted African mother and her daughters transformed her life again. A Somali refugee whose husband had left her, Hadhi was struggling to raise five young daughters, half a world away from her war-torn homeland. Alone in a strange country, Hadhi and the girls were on the brink of starvation in their own home, "invisible" to their neighbors and to the world. As Sarah helped Hadhi and the girls navigate American life, her outreach to the family became a source of courage and a lifeline for herself. Poignant, at times shattering, The Invisible Girls (Jericho), Sarah Thebarge's riveting memoir, invites readers to engage in her story of finding connection, love, and redemption in the most unexpected places.
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