Sara Zarr
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Sweethearts
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2008
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Story of a Girl
31 editions
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2007
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How to Save a Life
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2011
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Roomies
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2013
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Once Was Lost
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2009
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The Lucy Variations
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2013
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Gem & Dixie
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2017
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A Song Called Home
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2022
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Goodbye from Nowhere
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2020
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Kyra, Just for Today
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This is my tenth novel and it is out and available! I would give it 5 stars but I know some GR users don't like it when authors do that, so I'll restrain myself. It's a followup to my last book, A Song Called Home, and it's a lot about being 13 and c ...more | |
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
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More of a historical account than anything, which I did find interesting and helpful (as I was reading it for research on my WIP). I would have preferred a strong author POV. | |
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This was a well researched and interesting read, and I'm glad there are more public voices doing this critique from inside the house. In the third section - The Glory - I had a little trouble feeling the hope that the author and the people interviewe ...more | |
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Absolute one-of-a-kind story. Once I hit the middle, I couldn't put it down and finished in an afternoon. I've never encountered, in a novel, such a mix of absolutely harrowing (and sometimes gross thrills) with pitch-perfect family drama. Great read ...more | |
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“. . .There are certain people who come into your life, and leave a mark. . . Their place in your heart is tender; a bruise of longing, a pulse of unfinished business. Just hearing their names pushes and pulls at you in a hundred ways, and when you try to define those hundred ways, describe them even to yourself, words are useless.”
― Sweethearts
― Sweethearts
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“I’ve said that if you write, you’re a writer. The reverse is also true: if you’re a writer, you need to write. Even if you’re not achieving certain career or artistic markers on your schedule, you’ll be self-actualized or in the process of self-actualizing, and that’s what helps equip you to give back to the world in a variety of ways.”
― This Creative Life: A Handbook for Writers
― This Creative Life: A Handbook for Writers
“When I’m at my best, my writing identity comes from a deep and quiet place where the noise of approval and disapproval is a neutral background landscape more than a declaration of who I am. Conversely, the times I feel the worst about being a writer are when I’m looking for likes, fishing for approval, or otherwise in search of evidence that I’m somebody, because I’ve momentarily forgotten I already am.”
― This Creative Life: A Handbook for Writers
― This Creative Life: A Handbook for Writers