By: Mary Avery Kabrich
ISBN: 978-0997233216
Open Wings Press, 2023
Sometimes an unimaginable tragedy can bring a new outlook on life and love.
Twelve years ago, in the wake of a tragedy, Mariah rejected the church community that failed her. Mariah moved a thousand miles away to Boulder, Colorado, with her infant daughter, Star. But the past continues to haunt her, and Mariah has yet to reveal to Star what had happened.
At thirteen, Star is brilliant and sensitive, with an uncanny ability to intuit truth. Through dreams, observations, and journaling, Star inches ever closer to uncovering her mother’s secrets.
Mary Avery Kabrich’s second novel, told from the perspective of both mother and daughter, presents a stirring tale of loss and the healing power of love.
About the Author
Mary Avery Kabrich grew up in rural Minnesota and moved to Seattle when she was twenty-three, fulfilling her childhood desire of becoming an urban dweller. She spent all of elementary school confused about how everyone else had figured out the mysterious process of reading. Once Upon a Time a Sparrow is fiction informed by her life experiences as a child with severe dyslexia in the late ‘60s, early 70’s, at a time and place when an inability to read was not understood. Mary has worked as a special education teacher, private tutor, and university instructor. She currently fulfills her passions serving students in Seattle School District as a school psychologist and writing stories of transformation.
To learn more about Mary Avery Kabrich and her work, please see www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0753Z8HDD/about
