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The Invisible Girls
The Invisible Girls: A Memoir | Sarah Thebarge
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Now with a new postscript and reading group guide, perfect for book clubs. After nearly dying of breast cancer in her twenties, Sarah Thebarge fled her successful career, her Ivy League education, and a failed relationship, and moved nearly 3,000 miles from the East Coast to Portland, Oregon, hoping to quietly pick up the pieces of her broken life. Instead, a chance encounter on the train with a family of Somali refugees swept her into an adventure that changed all of their lives. Half a world away from Somalia, Hadhi was fighting battles of her own. Abandoned by her husband, she was struggling to raise five young daughters in a culture she didn't understand. When their worlds collide with Sarah's, Hadhi and the girls were on the brink of starvation in their own home, "invisible" in a neighborhood of strangers. As Sarah helped Hadhi and the girls navigate American life, her unexpected outreach to the family became both a source of courage and a lifeline for herself. Exquisite, at times shattering, Sarah's enthralling memoir invites readers into her story of finding connection, love, and redemption in the most unlikely of places. All proceeds from the sale of the book go toward a college fund for the five Somali Invisible Girls. For details, visit www.sarahthebarge.com.
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Sarz
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I don't think I've ever DNF'd a book so fast. I think I was only 26 minutes into the audiobook.

But when the author started talking about how a woman is a sum of her [reproductive] parts, I lost it. Not all women have vaginas or uteruses! Not all uteruses, etc function to produce children! Not all people with uteruses want to have children!

NO THANK YOU!!!

TrishB 😔 we‘re not all the same..... 5y
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EvieBee
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I'm #currentlyreading The Girl in the Red Coat and loving it, but here are some books off my shelves of books on my #TBR . #readjanuary #girlinthetitle

Reviewsbylola Great pic 😍😍 7y
LiteraryinLawrence What a cool bicycle! 7y
LeahBergen Great photo (and I have the bottom 2 books on my own TBR). 7y
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RealLifeReading Love your room (at least what I can see of it!) 7y
EvieBee @RealLifeReading Thank you so much, Sharlene! 7y
ephemeralwaltz Nice photo 😍👌🏻 7y
EvieBee @ephemeralwaltz Thank you, Clara 😊 7y
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HiddenGemBooks
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After nearly dying of breast cancer in her twenties, Sarah Thebarge fled her successful career, her Ivy League education, and a failed relationship, and moved nearly 3,000 miles from the East Coast to Portland, Oregon, hoping to quietly pick up the pieces of her broken life. Instead, a chance encounter on the train with a family of Somali refugees swept her into an adventure that changed all of their lives.
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shawnmooney Sounds like an incredible read but some of the reviews say it's overly religious, particularly at the end. I think I'll wait to hear your review before I give it a try. But it does sound so interesting! 8y
Taycx This book was amazing. It‘s not overly religious. She talks about growing up in a religious home and asks God a few questions about why she got cancer. 6y
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Sasha728
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Just picked up this book at a local store. Has anyone read it? I thought it looked interesting.

MrBook @BookBabe , another "Girl" book for you! 8y
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