A Publishers Weekly contributor noted that readers 'will find much to savor in the warm, angst-lite tone … and will likely relate to the universal conflicts and emotional challenges' of Littman's young protagonist.

It is not until her paternal grandmother, Bubbe-who is also a Holocaust survivor-suffers a stroke that Justine begins appreciating the religion of her heritage. Raised in a Jewish family, Justine is undergoing a religious identity crisis and in the spirit of experimentation decides to secretly adopt the Roman Catholic faith of her best friend, Mac.

At the center of the novel is eleven-year-old Justine Silver. Geared for a young teen readership, Confessions of a Closet Catholic utilizes religion and individual identity as its central themes. As she commented on her columnist Web site, one of the joys she gets from writing editorials 'is hearing from people who violently disagree with me.' Littman advises aspiring writers to read, 'use your own feelings and experiences,' and to 'know your character.' In addition to being a published novelist, Littman is also a columnist for her city's local paper the Greenwich, Connecticut, Greenwich Time. Her decision to take writing classes eventually encouraged Littman to write her first novel, Confessions of a Closet Catholic, winner of the Sydney Taylor Award for Older Readers from the Association for Jewish Libraries. Sarah Darer Littman started writing seriously only after realizing that she spent 'too much time trying to please other people instead of following my passion,' as she noted on her home page. WRITINGS:Ĭonfessions of a Closet Catholic, Dutton Children's Books ( New York, NY), 2005.Ĭolumnist for Greenwich Time. Sydney Taylor Award for Older Readers, Association for Jewish Libraries, 2006, for Confessions of a Closet Catholic. Worked previously as a financial analyst. Hobbies and other interests: Reading, traveling, playing tennis, swimming, building sand castles, and going to hear live music.

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