KUOW Seattle (NPR) features fiction author Sarah Gerdes
Imagine looking back on your life after you lived it. Today, author Sarah Gerdes reveals how crises in her career and marriage left her desperate for answers, and why moving to the Northwest changed everything.
At 2:05 p.m. – Click here Imagine looking back on your life after you lived it. The premise of a "Book of Life" appears in the Talmud, the Hebrew Bible, and the book of Revelations. Seattle–based author Sarah Gerdes based her novel, My Book of Life, on a few key decisions that changed everything. Sarah credits moving to the Northwest as being one of the best changes she ever made. As a successful businesswoman in San Francisco, she had almost given up on life...
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