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About the Author
Sarah Corbett Lynch is an award-winning bereaved children and victims’ rights campaigner and one of the youngest authors in Irish history. Born in Ireland, her mother died tragically when she was twelve weeks old and later, when Sarah was four, her family moved to the US when her father remarried. Sarah and her older brother Jack were left orphaned when their father, Jason Corbett, was killed by their stepmother, Molly Martens, and her father, Tom Martens, in August 2015. Sarah and Jack then returned to Ireland to be raised by Jason’s sister, Tracey, and her husband, Dave. This tragic loss instilled in Sarah a burning desire to campaign for other bereaved children and for victims’ rights and to help others impacted by violent crime, which she has actively done in the US and Ireland in the years since. At just 13 years old, Sarah wrote an illustrated book, Noodle Loses Dad, to help children cope with bereavement and loss. Her book was later adopted by children’s rights groups, professionals, counselling services, and schools as a valuable teaching aid. For her work, Sarah received a special National Garda Síochána award and a Limerick Young Person tribute. A native of Limerick, now living in County Clare, Sarah is also an accomplished singer, actor, and...
Praise for A Time for Truth
“A powerful and poignant memoir that transforms loss into a legacy of love and hope”
- Katriona O’Sullivan, bestselling author of Poor
“Sarah Corbett Lynch's writing of this honest and compelling book has no hysteria. It sets out events in forensic detail, including the damage to herself and her father's reputation”
- Sunday Independent
“A Time for Truth is a powerful, heartbreaking and justifiably angry read from a young woman whose life has been irreparably damaged”
- The Irish Times
Publisher: Hachette Books Ireland
Date Published: 27 February 2025
Paperback, 320 pages
ISBN: 9781399740937
