“You survived. That’s important.”
“But who am I? An insignificant girl with no great talent. Why was I the one to be saved?”
  He smiled a little. “Haven’t you heard that God heeds each sparrow’s fall?”
  So many sparrows fell. Was God watching? Did He count them? Why was I chosen to live?”
 (from A Chosen Sparrow by Vera Caspary, 1964)

This in-depth look at A Chosen Sparrow by Vera Caspary is excerpted from A Girl Named Vera Can Never Tell a Lie: The Fiction of Vera Caspary by Francis Booth ©2022. Reprinted by permission. Read More→