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Sarah Jo Smith

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Sarah Jo Smith (Sally Parido) is the author of contemporary women’s novels The Other Side of Heartache, a semi-finalist in The Kindle Book Review 2013 Best Indie Book Awards for Literary Fiction, and her newest release, Entangled Loyalties (2016). A lifelong reader, she’s had a book in her hands since her grandmother Rosie taught her to read at the age of five. Victorian literature was a favorite genre of study and she is a big fan of North American writers such as Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, Toni Morrison, Margaret Atwood, and Anne Tyler. Two novels that have influenced her greatly are The Bluest Eye and East of Eden.

Her novels delve into the female journey and the healing power of family. She writes stories where women characters face un ...more

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	The Other Side of Heartache 4.12 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Entangled Loyalties

WOMEN FACE STEEP CHALLENGES IN STEPFAMILIES ~

For those of you who enjoyed my first novel, The Other Side of Heartache, I promised I’d alert you to the release of my second novel.

I’m pleased to announce Entangled Loyalties published on Amazon Kindle Edition this week (March 2, 2016). The novel is a powerful and engaging story that delves fearlessly into the private lives of three unforgettable wom Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 05, 2016 14:11 • Tags: contemporary-women-s-fiction, domestic-life, marriage, stepfamilies, stepmothers-and-stepdaughters

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The Things We Cannot Say

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“Let me tell you a few truths about being a stepmother you won’t read in any self-help books or get from a therapist. It’s emotionally draining to be a stepmother. Being a stepmother is the most difficult job on the planet because no matter what you do, you lose.”
― Sarah Jo Smith, Entangled Loyalties

tags: stepdaughters, stepmothers

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“When you get to be my age, you gain a heightened awareness of time . . . how limited it is, and you tend to move toward social interactions that are meaningful and away from negative, trivial people who are downright toxic.”
― Sarah Jo Smith, The Other Side of Heartache

tags: family-relationships-emotions, friendship, unhealthy-relationships

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“Memories, good and bad, can be used to help us heal if we don’t let ourselves be mired down in them.”
― Sarah Jo Smith, The Other Side of Heartache

tags: family-secrets, memories, women-and-friendship

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Sarah’s Quotes

“The romantic vision she’d held of her marriage where the two of them came first and children, no matter whose they were, came after that relationship had disappeared, and she had no idea where to find it.”
― Sarah Jo Smith, Entangled Loyalties

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“She preferred to nurture healthy relationships with a few women, like Shelby, a genuinely loyal friend, and weed out weak and petty imposters who passed through her life.”
― Sarah Jo Smith, Entangled Loyalties

tags: friendship-true-and-loyal

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“Women will never stop reading books when they can relate to characters and gain insight into their own lives.”
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“There is too much at stake to chance rocking the boat by holding on to highly inflated expectations. Keeping our relationships intact and pretending they’re successful, even if they aren’t, is the price we must pay to harbor our deepest secrets.”
― Sarah Jo Smith, The Other Side of Heartache

tags: family-secrets, relationships-and-family, society-views

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“Memories, good and bad, can be used to help us heal if we don’t let ourselves be mired down in them.”
― Sarah Jo Smith, The Other Side of Heartache

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