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Just Breathe by Susan Wiggs
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Just Breathe

by Susan Wiggs

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Randomly picked this book up at Wal-Mart (I actually bought a new book, this would be shocking if you knew me). I’ve had it here to read for a while and finally picked it up. This was a quick read and kept my interest. I love this books that are hard to put down that leave you wondering what’s going to happen next and actually have you personally invested in the characters. Sarah, the main character makes a life changing decision when she decides to randomly visit her husband. This leads her on a track back to her hometown and things she was trying to leave before. She finds a built in network of friends and family that mean more than the life she left behind.

Thankfully, I have another Susan Wiggs book that I got at a Friends of the Library sale. Totally excited! ( )
  traciragas | Oct 12, 2009 |
Very good novel. Sarah was a great wife. Supporting her husband when he needed it the most. What he did after he recovered from his sickness is not acceptable. I agree with Sarah's jugements. Sarah deserved to be happy.For reading one of Susan Wiggs novel's for the first time. I can't wait to see the rest of 'em. :) ( )
  Bookwormliss | Sep 16, 2009 |
Another fantastic read from Susan Wiggs.

A long heart warming tale that just gets better and better as you read through the chapters. Surrounding around the end of an old way of life and the start of 2 new ones, one romantic and finally with her wishes for children when she thought it would never happen.

I have purchased another susan Wiggs book because I love her writing the more I read of it.

Recommended it to many people offline and now online. ( )
  Pheonix | Jun 28, 2009 |
An excellant read!! I loved this book! I have never before read a book by Susan Wiggs, but I really enjoyed Sarah, Will & Aurora. But I especially liked her Grandma June & Aunt May. It was a roller coaster ride for me. There were a couple of times I just had put the book down, because I wasn't sure I would like were Sarah was going with certain decisions she was having to make. (Would she really think she needed to go back to that cheating boob, Jack?) Then I had to pick it back up again, because I knew in the end she would be ok, no matter what her decision was. This book shows how easy it is to become someone else, to fit into someone elses life, to let them make the decisions for your, to the point that you loose yourself. But it also shows you that it is possible to get back to being you.
This book, IMO, was one of the best stand alone reads I've come across lately. I will be picking up another Susan Wiggs book, very soon! ( )
  suebell | May 28, 2009 |
Sarah Moon writes comic strips similar to Kathy. They mirror her own life as she and her husband are trying to get pregnant using a fertility clinic. She goes to surprise her husband with a pizza and discovers he is cheating. She moves back to California to be with her father and ends up falling in love with Will Bonner her high-school crush who was ridiculed in her comic strips. She finds out she is pregnant with the hated ex's twins and this complicates her new relationship. His daughter Aurora and their relationship is also a sweet part of the novel. ( )
  gildaclone | May 23, 2009 |
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Chicago cartoonist Sarah Moon tackles life's real issues with a healthy dose of sharp wit in her syndicated comic strip Just Breathe. As Sarah's cartoon alter ego, Shirl, undergoes artificial insemination, her situation begins to mirror Sarah's own difficult attempts to conceive. However, Sarah's dreams of the future did not include her husband's infidelity: snag number two in Sarah's 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 couldn't wait to leave. Now she finds herself revisiting the past—an emotionally distant father and the unanswered questions left by her mother's 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 she'd skewered mercilessly in her old comics. Now a local firefighter, he's been through some changes himself. But just as her heart is about to reawaken, Sarah discovers she is pregnant. With her ex's twins.

It's hardly the most traditional of new beginnings, but who says life and love are predictableÂ… or perfect? The winds of change have led Sarah here. Now all she can do is just close her eyesÂ… and breathe.

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0778325776, Hardcover)

Chicago cartoonist Sarah Moon tackles life's real issues with a healthy dose of sharp wit in her syndicated comic strip Just Breathe. As Sarah's cartoon alter ego, Shirl, undergoes artificial insemination, her situation begins to mirror Sarah's own difficult attempts to conceive. However, Sarah's dreams of the future did not include her husband's infidelity: snag number two in Sarah's 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 couldn't wait to leave. Now she finds herself revisiting the past—an emotionally distant father and the unanswered questions left by her mother's 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 she'd skewered mercilessly in her old comics. Now a local firefighter, he's been through some changes himself. But just as her heart is about to reawaken, Sarah discovers she is pregnant. With her ex's twins.

It's hardly the most traditional of new beginnings, but who says life and love are predictableÂ… or perfect? The winds of change have led Sarah here. Now all she can do is just close her eyesÂ… and breathe.

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:53 -0400)

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