{"id":5,"date":"2011-07-06T12:32:45","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T12:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/readmymind\/?p=5"},"modified":"2011-07-11T01:42:04","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T01:42:04","slug":"win-copies-of-sara-zarr%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9conce-was-lost%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/readmymind\/2011\/07\/win-copies-of-sara-zarr%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9conce-was-lost%e2%80%9d.html","title":{"rendered":"Win Copies of Sara Zarr\u2019s \u201cOnce Was Lost\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>One of the novels I am looking forward to most this fall is young adult fiction author Sara Zarr\u2019s latest, \u201cHow to Save a Life.\u201d Ever since her first book, the acclaimed \u201cStory of a Girl,\u201d she has been on my short list of y\/a fiction authors who I believe tackles issues with humor, heart, smarts, but without a lot of pretention. She doesn\u2019t try to adopt an adult-perceived \u201cteen\u201d voice. She doesn\u2019t try to be too clever or hip or overly topical. She does, however, weave together authentic questions with realistic characters facing all-too-relatable problems.<\/p>\n

While I am waiting for \u201cHow to Save a Life\u201d to show up in my mailbox, I thought I would give away three copies of Zarr\u2019s last book, \u201cOnce Was Lost.\u201d <\/a>It is the raw but tender story of a pastor\u2019s daughter whose life is turned upside down by a variety of difficult circumstances in her life and in her community. Bonds of faith and family are severely tested in this story with no easy answers ,but always with the slightest thread of hope.<\/p>\n

So if you would like the opportunity to give your teen some summer reading he or she might actually enjoy<\/em>, send me an email at readmymindbooks@gmail.com by July11th at 5 p.m. EST and I will choose three readers at random to receive a copy. Be sure to include your mailing address in your email and good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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