A Sparrow Falls - Softcover

Olsen, Vicki

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1728964598 ISBN 13: 9781728964591

Publisher: Independently published, 2018

Synopsis

* International Award Winning Author *

“Gritty, Realistic, Wonderful. Honest storytelling at its best with heartbreak and happiness in constant battle. A page-turner. I will be reading more by Ms. Olsen.” — Karla M. Jay, Award-winning author of When We Were Brave.

Growing up, Sarah believed the violence around her was normal. It was the only life she had ever known.
Set on a struggling farm near the small town of Tolerance, Arkansas, A Sparrow Falls is a powerful work of Southern historical fiction that traces a young woman’s journey from childhood trauma to hard-won healing.
As the deceptive calm of the 1950s gives way to the turbulence of the 1960s, Sarah comes of age in rural America surrounded by poverty, silence, and fear. As a young girl, she cannot yet see that the world she inhabits is not the world most people live in. Only later does she begin to understand the damage left by a childhood shaped in violence.
Determined to break free from the past, Sarah begins the slow and painful process of reclaiming her self-worth. Along the way she must confront buried memories, reckon with those who hurt her, and discover whether forgiveness—both for others and for herself—is truly possible.
Emotionally powerful and unflinching, A Sparrow Falls is a deeply human story of survival, resilience, and the healing power of forgiveness. For readers who appreciate character-driven literary fiction, Southern coming-of-age stories, and novels that explore the hardest truths of family and memory, this novel offers a moving portrait of one woman’s search for peace.

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Review

Simple yet haunting. Evocative, flawless prose that never tries too hard. A little hint of greats like Steinbeck and Harper Lee, but no imitation; part of its quality is a complete absence of self-consciousness in the writing. Sarah - the heroine of A Sparrow Falls, got under my skin.  Wonderful. Don't miss it.  -- Andrew Levy- Author of The Dweller's Guide To The Planet: All You Need To Know About Everywhere

The American Soul is pictured in this book. I felt myself traveling through the southern United States, driven by the music of the 1960s, in an environment where the Vietnam War marked that generation and divided the world into two. But that farm girl had her own dreams ... and fears.This book sent me an emotional charge similar to that of Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment."  She has her own style and I believe she will stand out in the American literary scene.-- Mauricio Munhoz - Author of Escape Route: The Untold Story of The SS

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1728964598
• ISBN 13: 9781728964591
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272