SuitabookOnce was lost
Sara Zarr
- Reading
- Consider reading alongside the book, pausing after the kidnapping is introduced to ask what feels most troubling or uncertain, and whether the family or faith themes raise questions.
- Themes
- Faith under strain: Samara, a pastor’s daughter, begins questioning beliefs she once held as the missing-girl crisis overlaps with difficulties at home. Samara’s changing beliefs unfold alongside family difficulties and the missing-girl crisis.
- Family strain: Samara feels emotionally abandoned as her mother enters rehabilitation and her father appears more focused on his congregation. Samara’s feelings of emotional abandonment sit alongside her parents’ difficulties.
- Worth knowing
- The story includes a girl’s kidnapping, a parent’s rehabilitation after drink-driving, and Samara’s sense of emotional abandonment. These may be worth checking in with a reader about.