There Was Night and There Was Morning: A Memoir of Trauma and Redemption

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A searing memoir about growing up in a fiercely loving, abusive rabbinical family in which the authors father, the powerful head of a splinter Orthodox religious community, demands unswerving loyaltyand a commitment to guarding terrible secrets.

Sara Sherbill was raised by a father who was both a representative of God and a broken man harboring an intricate set of secrets. Her riveting story explores what happens when a daughter is tasked with keeping those secrets, and the cost of keeping them. It asks: How do we live with suffering What does it mean to heal In the face of unspeakable harm, what can be reclaimed Sherbills tale, written with grace and brutal honesty, reveals her struggle to reclaim her identity as a daughter, woman, and now mother. Most of all, its a story about learning to live alongside our traumas without letting them consume uswhat some might call redemption.

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Sara Sherbill writes about mental health, domestic violence, and Jewish identity. Her work has appeared in Slate, The Forward,Tablet, and Kveller. She has worked as an independent editor for the past decade after beginning her career at Alfred A. Knopf. She lives in Washington, DC.