Sarah Anne Carter

Author

Non-Fiction

The Vanishing American Adult — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “Let’s hope that, over time, we’ll develop a bias, when we have an extra free hour, toward shoveling snow from the elderly neighbor lady’s sidewalk over streaming another Netflix sitcom.” Parenting is not easy in this day and age. However, it can be even harder when parents […]

The Vanishing American Adult by Ben Sasse

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction parenting on June 18, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Art of Fully Living — “From my experience, pursuing goals from a place of inner peace yields better results.” Unsatisfaction and unhappiness can be tolerated or it can be a catalyst for change. Tal Gur felt unrest in his life and dared to think if this was really how he wanted to live his life. […]

The Art of Fully Living by Tal Gur

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational Non-Fiction on June 8, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Daring Greatly — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “In other words, if we want our children to love and accept who they are, our job is to love and accept who we are.” We can listen to the voices in our head that tell us we are no good, or we can live bravely. In […]

Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational Non-Fiction on June 4, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Johnstown Flood — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “The enormous sympathy aroused by the newspaper accounts, the pictures, the songs and poems, brought on the greatest outpouring of popular charity the country had ever seen.” On May 31, 1889, water poured over and broke through a dam releasing water that would damage a countryside and […]

The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged history Non-Fiction on May 25, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Confessions of a Prodigal Daughter — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “He’s unique, this Jesus. And God willing, I will continue pursuing him until the end, no matter how difficult it gets.” Confessions of a Prodigal Daughter is a memoir of a woman who grew up in a Jewish home but felt the appeal of Christianity in college. […]

Confessions of a Prodigal Daughter by Sarahbeth Caplin

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Memoir Non-Fiction on May 4, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Ollie Ollie — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “Guilt was my old friend. We understood each other and needed each other. It was guilt that had always protected me from despair.” Around the age of 7, Anne’s older brother, Paul, passed away. At an age where she could start feeling deeply, this death and that […]

Ollie Ollie in Come Free: A Memoir of Swallowed Time ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Memoir Non-Fiction on April 13, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Travels with Vamper — “I like to think of Vamper humming along the highway, taking happy people to happy places.” After retirement, George Critchlow, a retired law professor, isn’t quite sure what he wants to do in life. He decides to go on an adventure by himself to see if seeing the country will […]

Travels with Vamper: A Graybeard’s Journey by George Critchlow

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Memoir Non-Fiction on March 16, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Twilight at Monticello — “Jefferson loved order, symmetry, and balance, and there was no place on the mountaintop more orderly, symmetrical, and balanced than the garden, which he had designed many years ago and worked to perfect for half a century.” Thomas Jefferson is a fascinating historical character. He accomplished much in his life […]

Twilight at Monticello by Alan Pell Crawford

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

Through the Eyes of a Belfast Child — “Our lives are simply fleeting glimpses of time, as we never know when our journey ends or a new one begins.” Greg McVicker grew up near Belfast, Ireland, during the times of the “troubles.” His family was Catholic and that often resulted in the teasing and beating up of himself, […]

Through the Eyes of a Belfast Child and other books ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Children Memoir Non-Fiction Poetry on March 2, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Forever, Erma — “Me? I just caved in and told my kids the other sock went to live with Jesus. They seemed to accept that.” Socks do go missing in the dryer. Everyone has experienced this, especially with little kid socks. Erma Bombeck found the humor in this and wrote several columns about […]

Forever Erma by Erma Bombeck

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged humor Non-Fiction on February 23, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter