Sarah Thebarge is a speaker and author who grew up as a pastor's kid in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She earned a masters degree in Medical Science from Yale School of Medicine and was studying Journalism at Columbia University when she was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 27. Sarah's writing has appeared in Christianity Today, BurnsideWriters.com, Relevant, TheOoze.com, Raysd, and Just Between Us. Her writing for Christianity Today's This Is Our City project won first prize from the National Evangelical Press Association. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon.
This memoir combines good writing, dramatic events, and a thoughtful response to them. - World MagazineWonderfully written, the book will have you staring through it, into a world that seems to have been made new. I am grateful there are new writers in the world like Sarah Thebarge. You'll get caught up in the strength of her kindness and the girls she describes even as we gain our focus to slowly see them, and so many others, for ourselves. - Don Miller, author of Storyline and Blue Like JazzIntertwining her own excruciating story of loss and rejection with the stirring story of a family of Somali refugees, The Invisible Girls is a testament to unwavering tenacity, resilient faith, and ineffable grace. - Karen Spears Zacharias, author of The Silence of Mockingbirds: The Memoir of a MurderHonest, enlightening, heart-touching and, at just the right times, funny. Sarah's expertly-crafted sentences sing and sometimes sting, flowing smoothly, then suddenly jumping off the page. The interweaving of her story with that of a Somali mother and daughters is masterful. This isn't the American dream. It's a vibrant and authentic story of loss, disenchantment, discovery, and a reawakening of faith and hope. - Randy Alcorn, author of Heaven and If God is GoodI picked up Invisible Girls and could not put it down. Thebarge fixes a loving eye on a family of Somali girls and an unflinching eye on her harrowing ordeal with breast cancer. No one can lead you out of a desert better than the one who's already been there. Beautiful writer, beautiful book, beautiful soul. - Susan E. Isaacs, author of Angry Conversations With GodA raw, honest and powerful witness of the dangerous mercy of God...Her story will humble you and inspire you. - Rick McKinley, Lead Pastor of Imago Dei Community in Portland, OR and author of A Kingdom Called Desire and This Beautiful Mess
After surviving breast cancer in her late twenties, Thebarge moved from New York City to Portland, OR, in search of a new start. After befriending a struggling Somali refugee and her five young daughters, Thebarge became involved in the family's life, helping them pay their bills and teaching them about America. Thebarge's heartfelt memoir is disjointed, shifting among accounts of her cancer treatments, fundamental Christian upbringing, and relationship with the Somali family. Skilled narrator Kirsten Potter was miscast. Her measured delivery is a poor match for Thebarge's voice, and her Somali accent is unconvincing. Verdict Recommended for religious collections or wherever inspirational memoirs are popular.-Julie Judkins, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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