Sara Zarr
Sara Zarr
Sara Zarris an American writer. She was raised in San Francisco, and now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with her husband. Her first novel, Story of a Girl, was a 2007 National Book Award finalist. She is also the author of Sweethearts and Once Was Lost. All three are published by Little, Brown...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth3 October 1970
CountryUnited States of America
broken rejection promise
My whole life has been one big broken promise.
san-francisco desire
I have no desire to go back to San Francisco.
years identity crisis
Everyone has an identity crisis when they are 16 or 17 years old.
love-is unfinished-business color
the mark we've left on each other is the color and shape of love. That's the unfinished business between us. because love, love is never finished.
mistake new-you new-places
don’t mistake a new place for a new you.
evil mind too-late
I know I shouldn't say this—I know it as surely as I know the earth is round and beats are evil—and yet here it comes: “It's not too late to change your mind.
oil anxiety routine
I'm remembering how this works. How life doesn't have to be only anxiety about what's gone wrong or could go worng, and complaints about the world around you. How a person you're excited about can remind you there's stuff going on beyond... routine oil changes and homework. Stuff that matters. Stuff to look forward to.
school winter listening
I remember being in high school and listening to Vivaldi's 'Winter' and being so overwhelmed with emotion.
jesus california san-francisco
I grew up in San Francisco in the 1970s. We were part of a church that belonged to the California Jesus movement.
struggle awful obscure
There's a lot that is awful. That's the struggle of getting old. To make sure you don't let what's hard...obscure the beauty.
nice book reading
One of my favorite authors is Robert Cormier. He was a devout Catholic and a very nice man, which might not be the impression you get from reading his books.
growing-up father school
My parents met in music school and my father was a music professor and conductor. Growing up, we always had classical and contemporary music playing. There was a lot of Mozart and the Beatles.
christian different sincere
I'm always in a place that is sincere but conflicted about different things that come with being a Christian and being an active, churchgoing Christian.
memories remembrance done
When the remembering was done, the forgetting could begin.