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REVIEWS
"To be gray haired, wise and witty and live full out is everyone's long-term
goal. Sophia's sharp-witted stories inspire that sacred journey."
-Mark Victor Hansen
Co-creator, #1 New York Times best-selling series Chicken Soup for the Soul®
Co-author, The One Minute Millionaire
"Sophia Zufa has written a humdinger of a book. WHY GOD HAS GRAY HAIR will have you laughing one minute and sniffling the next. Her storytelling ability is charming. Don't miss this step back in time, it's a refreshing departure from everyday life in the here and now. Sophia will make you laugh and bring a lump to your throat with her stories and anecdotes."
- Alexis Hart -Author of LOST AND FOUND
"Move over Garrison Keillor, Sophia Zufa has arrived! With the warmth of homemade bread, this author serves up her heartwarming and hilarious stories of growing up in a depression era Catholic community. Reminiscent of "Late Night Catechism," Sophia tells it like it was from one who actually lived it! A truly delightful compilation of vivid memories that will leave you a little wiser for the read."
~Pamela Johnson, Co-Editor, Crumbs in the Keyboard
"A classic collection of anecdotes and sketches of daily life within a Catholic school in Small Town America. The stories are narrated through the experiences of a child, but reflected through the eyes of an adult. Opening with the Ten Commandments and the prescribed, "thou shalt nots" of pre-Vatican II, the reader enters the elementary classroom for the first introduction to Sister Camela, who smells of Palmolive soap. Refreshing portraits of community life, the author invites us into a world of innocence. With photographic skill, the writer is able to capture the past, presenting the different characters as familiar faces we've known personally.
Cleanly writen, the narratives are worthy of literary nomination, comparable to some of the best authors of this century. Poignant, they are reminiscent of Anais Nin, humorous of Capek and O'Connor and vivid of Saroyan. Precious cameos, set within the frame of time, they are jewels from a writer's pen.
~Pogo, Reviewer, Midwest Book Review (October)
From the opening paragraph to the last, Sophia Zufa’s Why God Has Gray Hair is a highly entertaining collection of stories and anecdotes based on the author’s own experiences in a Catholic elementary school.
The novel is set in the 1930’s, the years of the Great Depression, but the author does not belabor that fact. Instead she paints vivid pictures of collecting marbles, picking up coal that has fallen from boxcars, and noting quarantine signs on front doors for illnesses we no longer hear very much about, like scarlet fever and diphtheria. The images she evokes can be mesmerizing. A few reminiscences of those “good old days” make you wish you could bring back some of the simpler times — like walking to Midnight Mass on a snowy Christmas Eve.
A delightful, easy read. And you don’t have to be Catholic to enjoy this book. I’m sure some of God’s gray hair was caused by public school kids.
~Catholic Exchange (9/16)
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Do you like reading other people's memoirs? I certainly don't. But when this book was sent to me for review, I had to sacrifice my tastes and read it. And I must admit, it was indeed a pleasant surprise.
The author talks about her childhood, and her time at a Catholic school which comprises most of her memories in this book. It is not only interesting to read her memories, but the small lessons that she imbibes after each memoir is fascinating. She has many stories to tell, but hidden in the depth of these stories are life's small lessons. The ones that come packed with experience and of course - gray hair.
The author talks about her friends, her teachers, her family and the people she knew - from near and far. Her life in a Catholic school was certainly different from the life as most of us know it. But the portraits she paints and the visuals she shows makes everything come to life as though it's happening in front of your own eyes.
The stories that are shared range from sentimental and emotional to downright hilarious. The things that kids can do, and the things that the author and her friends did remind you of your childhood, and how you felt the same things that the author once felt. Reading this book helps you see inside the mind of a child - one who's inquisitive, sensitive and one who everyone can identify with.
Although this book is short, it's definitely a good read. If you're intrigued by life as it was in the early nineteen hundreds, or want to hear the story of a young girl, and the incidents that shaped her life, pick up this book, and you won't be disappointed.
Reviewed by Mridu Khullar Writerscrossing.com
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