THERE WAS NIGHT AND THERE WAS MORNING: A Memoir of Trauma and Redemption, Sara Sherbill

“A haunting account of family, abuse, faith, and survival.” —Kirkus, STARRED Review Sara Sherbill’s searing memoir, There Was Night and There Was Morning: A Memoir of Trauma and Redemption (Union Square & Co, September 2024) is about growing up in a fiercely loving, abusive rabbinical family in which the author’s father, the charismatic head of […]
Sherbill

Sara Sherbill is a writer with a focus on Jewish identity, mental health, and domestic violence. Her work has appeared in Slate, Tablet, The Forward, and elsewhere. She holds a degree in English literature and creative writing from Barnard College, and currently lives in Washington, D.C. with her family. There Was Night and There Was […]
Untitled Memoir, Sara Sherbill

The Glass Castle meets Unorthodox in this searing memoir of growing up in a rabbinical family in which the father, a revered and charismatic leader in the religious community, demands unswerving loyalty even at the price of keeping secrets that will tear apart his family. (World English, Union Square & Co, Fall 2024)