The Invisible Girls - Hardcover

"I picked up "Invisible Girls" and could not put it down. Thebarge fixes a loving eye on a family of Somali girls and an unflinching eye on her harrowing ordeal with breast cancer. No one can lead you out of a desert better than the one who's already been there. Beautiful writer, beautiful book, beautiful soul." Susan E. Isaacs, author of Angry Conversations With God"

"This memoir combines good writing, dramatic events, and a thoughtful response to them."--World Magazine

"Intertwining her own excruciating story of loss and rejection with the stirring story of a family of Somali refugees, The Invisible Girls is a testament to unwavering tenacity, resilient faith, and ineffable grace."--Karen Spears Zacharias, author of The Silence of Mockingbirds: The Memoir of a Murder

"I picked up Invisible Girls and could not put it down. Thebarge fixes a loving eye on a family of Somali girls and an unflinching eye on her harrowing ordeal with breast cancer. No one can lead you out of a desert better than the one who's already been there. Beautiful writer, beautiful book, beautiful soul."--Susan E. Isaacs, author of Angry Conversations With God

"A raw, honest and powerful witness of the dangerous mercy of God...Her story will humble you and inspire you."--Rick McKinley, Lead Pastor of Imago Dei Community in Portland, OR and author of A Kingdom Called Desire and This Beautiful Mess

"Wonderfully written, the book will have you staring through it, into a world that seems to have been made new. I am grateful there are new writers in the world like Sarah Thebarge. You'll get caught up in the strength of her kindness and the girls she describes even as we gain our focus to slowly see them, and so many others, for ourselves."--Don Miller, author of Storyline and Blue Like Jazz

"Honest, enlightening, heart-touching and, at just the right times, funny. Sarah's expertly-crafted sentences sing and sometimes sting, flowing smoothly, then suddenly jumping off the page. The interweaving of her story with that of a Somali mother and daughters is masterful. This isn't the American dream. It's a vibrant and authentic story of loss, disenchantment, discovery, and a reawakening of faith and hope."--Randy Alcorn, author of Heaven and If God is Good

The author describes how a breast cancer diagnosis at age 27 ruined her body, her engagement and her faith but how a friendship with a Somali refugee she met on a train helped her regain her spirit, courage and purpose.