A Bend in the Straight and Narrow

A Woman's Journey into the Heart of the Florida Frontier

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Sarah to speak at the Palmetto Carnegie Historical Library

Sarah A. Younger is speaking at 10 a.m. on Saturday Aug. 19, 2017 at the Women’s Club of Palmetto, 910 6th St. West.

Palmetto is the author’s hometown and she will discuss her family history which led to the creation of A Bend in the Straight and Narrow.  Sarah will sign books and share her journey to discover answers about her family heritage in Florida.

 

Alachua County Appearances

Sarah A. Younger will make two appearances in Alachua County in May 2017.

Sarah A. Younger will be speaking about “A Bend in the Straight and Narrow” at the Gainesville Headquarters Library in downtown Gainesville on May 16, 2017 at 11 AM.  For location information, click here.

She is also going to be speaking at the High Springs Library, which is close to the place where the book takes place (La Crosse and Alachua), on May 18, 2017 at 6:30 PM. For location information, click here.

 

Attend a speaking at the Mims-Scottsmoor Library

Sarah will be speaking about her book and writing / publishing process at the Mims-Scottsmoor Library at  3615 Lionel Road, Mims Public Library on July 28 at 6:30 pm.

Don’t miss it!

For information contact:  Beth Doud
bdoud@brev.org 
(321) 264-5080

Mims-Scottsmoor Library

http://www.brevardcounty.us/PublicLibraries/Calendar

Editor’s Pick in Ocala Star Banner!

A Bend in the Straight and Narrow chosen as an Editor’s Pick in the Ocala Star Banner.

It is such an honor to be the Editor’s Pick!  Here is an excerpt from the review:

“The pages are rich in detail and rife in the inner-workings of a complicated family. The prose by novice writer Sarah A. Younger, of Merritt Island, is peppered with apt descriptions of true events that colored the lives of her real family members. This was a pioneer family in the truest sense of the word – not only in how they traversed the land, but also in how they survived the intricacies of the inner workings that often tear families apart.”

Thank you, Ocala Star Banner!

In production!

A Bend in the Straight and Narrow is coming soon to print!

Excerpt – “I have been contemplating my life and how I came to be such a hard woman. We all start out the same – tiny babies- but life is rough sometimes. Mostly, looking back, it was a good life, but when bad events take place (especially in wartimes), it’s like a callous on the bottom of your foot, worn by the hard road or bad shoes or a grain of sand. At first you don’t notice it but then it gets bigger and becomes the center of your consciousness, always there and always growing. I reckoned I had to start at the beginning, not birth, but the year I was 15 years old. It was truly the beginning, although I thought it was the end.”

 

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