Growing Up Moffett
The Rise and Fall of Innocence in a Pathos Plagued Year
Sarah Moffett

Coming of age memoir written by 26-year old Washington D.C. attorney. Inspirational story of her family enduring then overcoming tragedy through the power of their unwavering faith.

In a writing style somewhere between Harper Lee and Sarah Vowell, author Sarah E. Moffet recalls the time when, at age twelve, the life of her family began to unravel when their lives changed due to a simple phone call.

What follows is a struggle to retain faith, hope, and love in the midst of inexplicable death and loss.

This coming of age story resonates with laughter and broods with intensity as a witty, sarcastic, and occasionally humorous account of childhood experiences involving professional disaster-manager parents who move the family across the country to care for dying relatives. This parentalexpertise was necessary to manage botched black belt exams, scientific experiments gone awry, multiple emergency room trips, budding geniuses, and adventurous vacations. Written from a child'' perspective yet embraces the darkness that comes with the loss of innocence and the beginning of grasping death on an intimate level at an early age.

Sarah E. Moffett is a twenty-six year old attorney working for a Washington D.C. area law firm who calls herself an author moonlighting as an attorney for at least two-thousand billable hours per year. A native of Raleigh, North Carolina, she is a graduate of George Mason University School of Law and all of the insanity that law school entails. When she is not writing, reading, practicing law, or harassing her siblings, she usually can be found doing something that involves her iPod, preferably including running shoes.

Author Hometowns: Washington D.C.; Raleigh, NC; and Kansas City, MO