Just Breathe by Susan Wiggs
Chicago cartoonist Sarah Moon tackles lifes real issues with a healthy dose of sharp wit in her syndicated comic strip Just Breathe. As Sarahs cartoon alter ego, Shirl, undergoes artificial insemination, her situation begins to mirror Sarahs own difficult attempts to conceive. However, Sarahs dreams of the future did not include her husbands infidelity: snag number two in Sarahs so-called perfect life. With Chicago and her marriage in the rearview mirror, she flees to the small Northern California coastal town where she grew up, a place she couldnt wait to leave. Now she finds herself revisiting the past an emotionally distant father and the unanswered questions left by her mothers death. As she comes to terms with her lost marriage, Sarah encounters a man she never expected to meet again: Will Bonner, the high school heartthrob shed skewered mercilessly in her old comics. Now a local firefighter, hes been through some changes himself. But just as her heart is about to reawaken, Sarah discovers she is pregnant. With her exs twins. Its hardly the most traditional of new beginnings, but who says life and love are predictable.or perfect? The winds of change have led Sarah here. Now all she can do is just close her eyes.and breathe.Susan Wiggs's life is all about family, friends...and fiction. She lives at the water's edge on an island in Puget Sound, and in good weather, she commutes to her writers' group in a 21-foot motorboat. She's been featured in the national media, including NPR, PRI, and USA Today, has given programs for the US Embassies in Buenos Aires and Montevideo, and is a popular speaker locally, nationally, internationally, and on the high seas.
From the very start, her writings have illuminated the everyday dramas of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances. Her books celebrate the power of love, the timeless bonds of family and the fascinating nuances of human nature. Today, she is an international best-selling, award-winning author, with millions of copies of her books in print in numerous countries and languages. According to Publishers Weekly, Wiggs writes with refreshingly honest emotion, and the Salem Statesman Journal adds that she is one of our best observers of stories of the heart [who] knows how to capture emotion on virtually every page of every book. Booklist characterizes her books as real and true and unforgettable.
Her novels have appeared in the #1 spot on the New York Times Bestseller List, and have captured readers' hearts around the globe with translations into more than 20 languages and 30 countries. She is a three-time winner of the RITA Award, . Her recent novel, The Apple Orchard, is currently being made into a film, and The Lakeshore Chronicles has been optioned for adaptation into a series.
The author is a former teacher, a Harvard graduate, an avid hiker, an amateur photographer, a good skier and terrible golfer, yet her favorite form of exercise is curling up with a good book. She lives on an island in Puget Sound, where she divides her time between sleeping and waking.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780778325772 |
| ISBN 10 | 0778325776 |
| Title | Just Breathe |
| Author | Susan Wiggs |
| Series | Import Hb |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Mira Books |
| Year published | 2008-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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