Growing up Moffett: The Rise and Fall of Innocence in a Pathos Plagued Year by Sarah E. Moffett

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Synopsis

A GenY, coming of age memoir about a family encountering and overcoming tragedy through the eyes of their precocious and witty 12yearold daughter. In a writing style somewhere between Harper Lee and SarahVowell, author Sarah E. Moffett recalls the time when, at age twelve, thelife of her family suddenly began to unravel after a simple phone call froma dying family member. What follows is a struggle to retain faith, hope,and love in the midst of inexplicable death and loss. Written from a childsperspective yet embracing the darkness that comes with the loss of innocence and the beginning of grasping death on an intimate level at anearly age.

Biography

Sarah E. Moffett is an author moonlighting as an attorney for at least 2,000 billable hours a year at a large Washington D.C. area law firm. She is 26 years old.