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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780778325772
ISBN: 0778325776
Label: Mira
Manufacturer: Mira
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: September 01, 2008
Publisher: Mira
Studio: Mira
Sales Rank: 21861
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Product Description:
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 predictable or perfect? The winds of change have led Sarah here. Now all she can do is just close her eyes and breathe.
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I am not a huge fan of this genre but I like the storyline, although it is a bit predictable at times, but that comes with the genre. Another comment I have about the audio version is that the person that is reading the book is making the characters seem older than they really are. It seems like Will and Sarah are in their 40's the way the reader is inflecting their voices.
Other than that factor which is a bit annoying, I was very engaged and wanting to know how Sarah fared. Her ... Read More
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In looking for a new author to read, I found Susan Wiggs. Her book, Just Breathe is not a disappointment. Her writing is refreshing and real. The characters have a way of pulling you into their story. This is a book that will capture your heart, leaving you remembering the characters. A great read.
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Sarah Moon has supported her husband Jack through sickness and health; and after his recovery from cancer, they decided to start trying to have child, but after over of treatment, they are still childless, and worse, she has just discovered that one reason his sex drive is nonexistent is because he has been sleeping with a client. For cartoonist Sarah, who lives vicariously through her character, Shirl, that is the last straw, and she high tails it to her hometown in northern California. Jack realizes ... Read More
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After not finding the time to read a book in a long while, I decided that I wanted to make the time to read again. I went to a local store & looked through many books, unsure of most of the authors, since it has been so long since I've read an adult book in it's entirty at least, then I came across "Just Breath" By Susan Wiggs. I thought it sounded like a good book, so I bought it, took it home & started reading... honestly, at first I wasn't sure if I liked it, it seemed slow to me, but I was ... Read More
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I guess I was expecting something different in terms of humor, especially due to all the reviews about it being so funny. I thought the sad parts in the book far outweighed the funny parts. I'm a fan of the SEP type of humor, which is quick, witty, and regularly found in dialogue....these characters weren't that kind of funny. In fact, I found myself sad, frustrated, and unsympathetic to Sarah at times. I felt the ending was somewhat incomplete.....although I was led to believe it was happily ever ... Read More
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