Sarah Robsdottir, a Catholic convert and homeschooling mom of seven sons from the Diocese of Allentown, has just released a new fictional novel, “Joan of Arkansas” – the story of an at-risk teen who battles adversity with the help of her patron saint.
Robsdottir said she could never have written her new book without the help and inspiration of Father Speratus Kamanzi, Pastor of St. John the Baptist, Allentown, and a member of the Religious Missionary Institute of the Apostles of Jesus. He originally hails from Northwestern Tanzania, a country in east Africa.
“While Father Kamanzi’s role in the book is fictional, it portrays his brave, wise spirit truthfully,” explained Robsdottir in a release from Voyage Publishing, the outlet that has published not only her new book, but her two-time Catholic Media Association Award-winning debut novel “Brave Water.”
Robsdottir became acquainted with Father Kamanzi years ago when he visited her then home parish, St. Joseph, Jim Thorpe. She is now a parishioner of SS. Peter and Paul, Lehighton.
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