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    <body><![CDATA[This is a well-written book that isn't afraid to tackle tough issues. I don't know how Zarr knows about pastors' families, but boy, can I tell you she's right on about what it's like knowing that you're poorer than everyone in your congregation yet they're ready to judge you the minute they think yo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81026148">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[When a fellow youth group member from her church goes missing, Samara begins to question her faith in God and his miracles, while also questioning what will become of her family when (and if) her mother, an alcoholic, returns from rehab. <br/><br/>I was not familiar with Sara Zarr's writing before...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79769822">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Now I think miracles are things that happen in stained glass, and on dusty Jerusalem roads thousands of years ago. Not here, not to us. Not when we need them.&quot; -pg. 40 <br/><br/>Have you ever felt just a little out of place in your own world? Have the things you have always held onto fa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78320807">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is about a girl who's father has always been a pastor and everyone has always viewed her as her father's daughter the god girl. Only thing is her mother has always been a secret alcoholic and made her doubt there is a god in any fashion. Now her mother is staying at New Beginnings a rehab ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75078138">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Glad I found ONCE WAS LOST By Sara Zarr<br/><br/>Oh, Sara Zarr! I have been waiting all of my life for this book. This is the book I longed for when I searched the shelves of my local library; the one I could only dream of while perusing the big bookstore when we went to the city. You did it, alth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73400022">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[As a pastor's kid, it's hard not to buy into the idea of the perfect family, a loving God, and amazing grace. But lately, Sam has a lot of reasons to doubt. Her mother lands in rehab after a DUI, and her father seems more interested in his congregation than his family. When a young girl in her small town goes missing, the local tragedy overlaps with Sam's personal one, and the already worn thread of faith holding her together begins to unravel.<br/>            <br/>In her third novel, acclaimed author Sara Zarr examines the coexistence of affliction and hope, and what happens when everything you thought you believed—about God, your family, and yourself—is transformed.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[If I could, I would go back in time and deliver a copy of this book to my teenage self. But since I can't, I'll just be pleased that this book is out there now, validating my experience as a church going adolescent.<br/><br/>The book's narrator is Samara Taylor, the daughter of the charismatic Pas...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73199754">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Samara Taylor used to believe in miracles. She used to believe in a lot of things. As a pastor's kid, it's hard not to buy in to the idea of the perfect family, a loving God, and amazing grace. But lately, Sam has a lot of reason to doubt. Her mother lands in rehab after a DUI and her father seems more interested in his congregation than his family. When a young girl in her small town is kidnapped, the local tragedy overlaps with Sam's personal one, and the already-worn thread of faith holding her together begins to unravel. <br/><br/>In her third novel, acclaimed author Sara Zarr examines the coexistence of affliction and hope, and what happens when everything you thought you believed---about God, about your family, about yourself---is transformed.<br/><br/>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was a bit freaked out reading this book, mostly because of the religious aspect of it. Then I decided I trusted Sara Zarr's writing, because of the two books she's written, both were utterly amazing. (How does she do it?!) This was definitely no exception. It griped me from the beginning and I cou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77161219">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The premise of Once Was Lost was actually quite heartbreaking. I'm not used to reading books dealing with depression because it hits close to home, but when I had the opportunity to read this ARC, I couldn't turn it down. A few months back I read Zarr's Sweethearts and absolutely loved it, so I knew...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71694648">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my first Sara Zarr book, and to tell you the truth, I wasn't very impressed. I mean, I thought it was okay, but that's about as far as I go. <br/><br/>The storyline was really appealing, but there was basically a lack of plot development. It was like all Sam ever does is get mad, get quiet...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80060713">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked seeing bad situations from a teenager's eyes. Especially with the combustion of her family happening, dealings with faith, and coming into one's own as a young lady. Sam is a great and strong narrator and you follow her through some of the most difficult times in her young life and try to un...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78455847">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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