It's hard to believe that just a little over a year ago Ally Malinenko's This is Sarah released. I fell in love with this book the first time I read it...when it was just a short story. It was amazing watching Ally take that short story and turn it into a novel so full of feels. I totally recommend keeping a tissue handy while reading this one. It's an emotional roller coaster ride while the two MC's deal with the stages of grief after the disappearance of Sarah. Here's a little teaser from Claire's POV.
They found her red Chuck Taylor sneakers five miles
from where her car was, deep in the woods.
One was unlaced, as if she had undone it and slipped
her foot out of it right there under that canopy of trees.
The other was still tied.
Snow filled them like little red candies covered in
sugar.
In the police station, in that evidence bag, they
seemed so small, as the snow slowly melted off them, staining the fabric and
dripping into the bottom of the bag. I couldn’t imagine them fitting Sarah’s
feet. I couldn’t imagine them fitting my own.
Sarah’s empty shoes.
I thought about how they’d never be worn again. How
she would never slide her foot inside, how her fingers would never tug those
laces and loop them closed.
Her room back home was filled with things that would
go unused. They’d just sit there, waiting for Sarah to come home, collecting
dust.
All the things Sarah left behind.
When I saw the shoes sitting in the police station, a
noise escaped me. Not quite a sob, but a cry—a
shock of disbelief—and my hope retreated as I realized I was now one of
those things. Like her clothes, her jewelry, her records,
or her shoes.
I was just another thing Sarah left behind.
Makes you want to run out and grab your own copy to see what happens, right? Well, now's the perfect time to do so, as This is Sarah is on sale at Amazon for $0.99!!! Get your copy today!!!
When Colin Leventhal leaned out his
bedroom window on the night of May 12th and said goodbye to his girlfriend, he
never expected it would be forever. But when Sarah Evans goes missing that
night, Colin's world unravels as he transforms from the boyfriend next door to
the police's main suspect.
One year later, at her memorial
service, Colin makes a phone call that could change everything. Is it possible
that Sarah is still alive? And if so, how far will he go to bring her back?
As Colin struggles with this
possibility, across the street, Sarah’s little sister, Claire learns how to
navigate the strange new landscape of life without her sister. While her
parents fall apart, Claire remains determined to keep going, even if it kills
her.
THIS IS SARAH serves as a
meditation on loss, love, and what it means to say goodbye.
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