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#8 on New and Noteworthy, my third novel, CATCHER, CAUGHT, (released on Dec 28, 2010 from AmazonEncore, the new traditional publishing endeavor by Amazon, a vertical integration of the market. CATCHER, CAUGHT was selected as semi-finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest) My second novel, WALTZING COWBOYS, was a 2009 nominee for the Library of Virginia Fiction Award as was my first novel,WHITE LIES: A Tale of Babies, Vaccines, and Deception, tells the story of one mother’s quest for the truth about the childhood vaccine that injured her son.
Other prize-winning fiction has appeared in Antietam Review, New Millenium, SouthLit, the HooK, and other literary journals. John Grisham selected two of my short stories for second and th...more


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I may be particularly tuned in lately to teenage boys after my own novel CATCHER, CAUGHT but Emma Rathbone's PATTERNS OF PAPER MONSTERS evokes the world of juvey in an accessible and realistic story about 17 year-old Jacob who's tendency to violence stems from his anger at the world and his mother's boyfriend. The 'kids' in this book are so real and the adults who want to help so fairly portrayed ... read more »
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Published on May 12, 2011 07:56 • 48 views • Tags: abuse, coming-of-age, dysfunctional-families, juvenile-detention, teenagers
Average rating: 3.65 · 121 ratings · 51 reviews · 3 distinct works
Catcher, Caught
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
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Waltzing Cowboys
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2009
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White Lies: A Tale of Babies,...
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions
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Minding Henry Lewis (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Jan 18, 2012 09:27am
Description: My current novel in progress: When Tomeeka Breeden's little brother drowns, a strange white woman Celie Lowell, a 50-something cancer survivor, fails in his rescue.Grief over not being able to save Henry Lewis keeps the two of them at odds until a new crisis makes them unwitting partners again.
The Vulture Tree (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Nov 15, 2011 10:51am
Description: When a 12 yr old boy accuses his soccer coach of molesting him, the small town unravels as quickly as the rumors spread, and truth becomes elusive.
White Lies: A Tale of Babies, Vaccines, and Deception (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Mar 29, 2010 04:32pm
Description: Novel released by Cedar Creek, Dec. 2006, more at www.readwhitelies.com
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The Summer Without Men
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A difficult read in places, but bold writing. Starts during emotional breakdown, writing changes as she recovers. Fascinating mix of philosophy and fiction for anyone with long marriage, daughters, or who is teacher of writing or teenagers. I re-read...more
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Sarah Honenberger made a comment on Chapter One:
"Edited version, in the throes of the final chapters, my favorite part of writing a novel, and the most difficult."
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“I love short stories because I believe they are the way we live. They are what our friends tell us, in their pain and joy, their passion and rage, their yearning and their cry against injustice.”
Andre Dubus

“When a man dies, if he can pass enthusiasm along to his children, he has left them an estate of incalculable value.”
― Thomas Edison

“Edit more, my mantra.”
Sarah Honenberger

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
Friedrich Nietzsche

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Harlequin Books Thank you for the friendship.


message 1: by Sarah (last edited Sep 02, 2008 10:21am)

Sarah Honenberger A writer's dream, to contemplate a full shelf of books they've written and shared with enthusiastic readers. Thanks. Shine, you're no slouch yourself in the editing department. Waltzing Cowboys is much better for your close read.


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