The Invisible Girls
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Twenty-seven-year-old Sarah The barge 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 surviving the grueling treatments - though just barely - 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 a way 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, Sarah The barge's riveting memoir invites readers to engage in her story of finding connection, love, and redemption in the most unexpected places.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1455523917
ISBN13:9781455523917
Release Date:April 2013
Publisher:Jericho Books
Length:272 Pages
Weight:0.89 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 5.7" x 8.3"
Customer Reviews
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One of those books that "changes your life"
Published by dmertz , 4 years ago
I found this at Goodwill for 99 cents and thought "why not?" even though it didn't seem like my go-to genre. Then, I devoured this book. I stayed up reading until I couldn't keep my eyes open anymore for 2 or 3 nights because I couldn't put it down. I generally don't like the super Christian-y books, but this woman survived 3 bouts of breast cancer, multiple other ailments, and then met a refugee family and poured her heart into helping them. She basically lived for the Somali refugees she met, she reminds me so much of myself (minus the religious devotion) because she was happiest when she was helping that poor mother and her 5 little girls. They had nothing when they emigrated to the US, ending up in Portland, OR (my hometown), and Sarah met them one day and then did all she could to take care of them. The love that she shared with the 5 little girls, and the emotional turmoil of Sarah's cancer, absolutely tore my heart out and stomped on it. I cried SO much it isn't even funny. I sad-cried, then I happy-cried, and then I finished the book and didn't know what to do with my life.
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