The Invisible Girls

Twenty-seven-year-old Sarah The barge had it all - a loving boyfriend an Ivy League degree and a successful career - when her life was derailed by an unthinkable diagnosis: aggressive breast cancer. After surviving the grueling treatments - though just barely - Sarah moved to Portland Oregon to start over. There a chance encounter with an exhausted African mother and her daughters transformed her life again. A Somali refugee whose husband had left her Hadhi was struggling to raise five young daughters half a world a way from her war-torn homeland. Alone in a strange country Hadhi and the girls were on the brink of starvation in their own home invisible to their neighbors and to the world. As Sarah helped Hadhi and the girls navigate American life her outreach to the family became a source of courage and a lifeline for herself. Poignant at times shattering Sarah The barge''s riveting memoir invites readers to engage in her story of finding connection love and redemption in the most unexpected places. Language: English