Now if someone could just explain to me how I qualified as a “local author” for the Colorado Springs Gazette…
Not that I’m complaining. A benign, promotional nod to Growing Up Moffett post-CCLAP’s recent lovefest is a much more pleasant way to spend a virtual Friday afternoon.
The Gazette Spotlight On Local Authors
HOT OFF THE PRESS
Spotlight on local authors
October 16, 2007 - 11:30PM
Sarah E. Moffett, “Growing Up Moffett: The Rise and Fall of Innocence in a Pathos Plagued Year,”
FaithWalk Publishing (faith walkpub.com), 209 pages, $12.99. Available in local bookstores, online and through the publisher . . .
Synopsis by the publisher: In a writing style somewhere between Harper Lee and Sarah Vowell, Moffett recalls the time when, at age 12, the life of her family began to unravel after a simple phone call. What follows is a struggle to retain faith, hope and love in the midst of inexplicable death and loss. This coming-of-age story resonates with laughter and broods with intensity as a witty, sarcastic and occasionally humorous account of childhood experiences involving professional disaster-manager parents who move the family across the country to care for dying relatives. It is written from a child’s perspective yet it embraces the darkness that comes with the loss of innocence and the beginning of grasping death on an intimate level at an early age.
