Sarah Anne Carter

Author

Non-Fiction

I Hear You — “More often than not, people who vent or complain already know how to handle their current situation – they’re just looking for someone to see and appreciate their struggle.” We all just want to be heard. At least, that’s what Michael Sorenson builds his book around, with many, many stories […]

I Hear You: The Surprisingly Simple Skill Behind Extraordinary Relationships ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction on December 24, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Fly Girls — “Out of roughly 29 million adult women in America in 1928, less than a dozen had pilot’s licenses on file with the U.S. Department of Commerce.” I love reading books about the lesser-known parts of history and Fly Girls falls right into that category. Early in aviation history, women were making […]

Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Historical Non-Fiction on December 21, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

I Am Malala — “We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” Malala was the target of a Taliban attack in 2012 when she was only 15 for going to school. She lived in Pakistan in a beautiful valley that was a tourist attraction. Her father was an advocate for […]

I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction on December 19, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Irena's Children — “I continue to have qualms of conscience that I did so little.” – Irena Sendler There are some stories that are almost too amazing to be true. Irena Sendler was part of a network that helped save more than 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto, along with many other teens […]

Irena’s Children by Tilar J. Mazzeo

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Biographical Non-Fiction on December 17, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Bully Brother — “If David could have just been nice to me, then life would have been perfect!” Craig grows up right in the middle of a family with five children and is constantly tormented by his older brother, David. It’s not just the typical sibling rivalry, but bullying that involves violence, trickery, […]

Bully Brother by Craig M. Dial

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Memoir Non-Fiction on December 14, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Teen's Guide to Social Media — “Your phone is not your problem. The problem is when we let our phone captivate us so significantly with the unimportant that we ignore the important all around us.” Parents today are raising teenagers in an entirely different world than has ever existed. The connections with the Internet, Wifi, smartphones […]

The Teen’s Guide to Social Media: 21 Tips to Wise ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction parenting on November 26, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Man's Search for Meaning — “They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” As a survivor of the […]

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational Non-Fiction Religious on November 5, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Four Tendencies — “It’s been freeing to focus on what works for me rather than what’s wrong with me.” Every once in a while, I stumble onto a book that leads to many more books, but also changes my perspective on life. I didn’t know when I picked up The Happiness […]

Gretchen Rubin’s books: The Happiness Project, The Four Tendencies and ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational Non-Fiction on October 22, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

A Light So Lovely — “As Madeleine taught more and more aspiring writers, she began articulating a unique, transformative understanding of art as a spiritual discipline.” Madeleine L’Engle is probably best known as the author of A Wrinkle in Time. However, she was also a wife, mother, believer in God, artist, mentor, speaker, teacher […]

A Light So Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L’Engle ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Biographical Non-Fiction on October 19, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Joining the Dots — “I know that people’s definitions of success vary. For me, success is about doing what makes me come alive.” In a world of blogs, Etsy and social media, creative people have more avenues to express themselves than ever before. However, it can be hard to navigate these areas successfully. To […]

Joining the Dots: The A-Z Handbook for Making a Success ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational Non-Fiction on October 12, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter