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Just Breathe | 
 enlarge | Author: Susan Wiggs
Publisher: Mira
Category: Book
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 5132
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.7
ISBN: 0778325776
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780778325772
ASIN: 0778325776
Publication Date: September 1, 2008
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Condition: Book is in good shape with a tight spine and clean pages but cover and edges show some light wear. Solid reading copy. Part of all proceeds are donated to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Will ship immediately, thank you!
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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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 A hilarious book about infidelity with a happy ending September 3, 2008
RebeccasReads.com (Austin, Texas)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Reviewed by Gina Holland for RebeccasReads (8/08)
Susan Wiggs is already one of the most awesome authors around. I had no skepticism about reading "Just Breathe." Once I saw whom the novel was by, I knew it was going to be on fantastic one. Of course, I was correct in my assumption. Wiggs brought this novel to life.
Sarah Moon shows us how to tackle real life issues, no matter how hard they may be. She is married to Jack, a very wealthy and handsome husband. Sarah doesn't work outside the home, she writes very funny cartoons. Her character, Shirl, is hilarious. Sarah and Jack have gone through some rough times. Sarah stood by Jack as he battled cancer. The type of cancer that Jack had caused a problem that could hurt their chances of having children. Jack got through his cancer and was completely cured. The problem that the cancer caused for Jack was making things a little less comfortable for the couple. Let's just say it was a man thing. So Sarah and Jack decided to go with artificial insemination. They seemed to have a tough time getting pregnant as well. Even with all the problems, Sarah believes that their marriage is doing well. Until the day she walks in on her husband with another woman.
Sarah takes off on a wild adventure to her hometown, a place she hasn't visited in a long time. Her mom died when she was younger, but her dad still lives there. Sarah always wanted to be close to him. Now might be the chance. As Sarah tries to overcome the hurt and pain of her upcoming divorce, she encounters a man named Will Bonner, whom she went to school with. Sarah and Will were both different back then. Then Sarah gets some unexpected news regarding something she has wanted for a long time.
I totally recommend this novel for young adults and adults. I guarantee that you will enjoy every single page. This novel is a very thick one and I know that I read through it in two days. I laughed and I cried with Sarah. I have and will always enjoy Wiggs's novels. Her grammar and overall writing was absolutely excellent. Every word she writes makes sense and I never get lost within her pages. You would do well to buy this novel. I would love it if Wiggs came out with a second part to this story. The addition of the cartoons that Sarah wrote within the book was a great add as well. Great Job by this author!!!
LOVED IT! September 12, 2008
mellykullins (MO)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I really hate when I get to the end of an awesome book like this one. I wish it could have been twice as long! Thank you again, Susan Wiggs!
10 stars September 27, 2008
L. Smith (mass)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This Book is so good from start to finish, If I could give it 10 stars I would It's that good..
Easy Read October 2, 2008
kep (HI United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'll keep this short. First time reading Susan Wiggs for me and I loved it. It was an easy and pleasant read. A cute and tender story. A little heartbreaking at times but has a happy ending. They need to make a movie!
Exceptional Read October 22, 2008
Jody Allen (West Bend, WI USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Though I miss Susan Wigg's historical romances, she has provided readers with absolutely wonderful women's fiction and contemporary romances. This book touched me on so many levels, I was laughing one minute and sobbing the next. She has created a delightfully witty heroine who finally gets what she wants but suffers loses no woman should endure, but in the process she learns who she is and finds a lasting love. I found the story well written with a pace that drives the reader so they forget they have their own reality. Always a sign of a great book to my way of thinking. But she doesn't stop at a great female protagonists, her hero in this tale is a wonderfully complex man who has is own problems but clearly he knows who he is, this a man who readers know from their own lives.
However, what really worked well for me was the growth of the female protagonist as she battles both internal and external conflicts some of her own and others from without. I have loved Susan Wiggs female protagonists especially Sarah; they are witty but flawed and are always moving in ways that readers can identify with. Bottom line no one, not Susan Elizabeth Phillips nor Norah Roberts, can create unique heroines like Susan Wiggs. This book should be read behind a closed door that reads DO NOT DISTURB, while they hunker down in their favorite cozy chair, a favorite beverage at their side and front of a roaring fire to keep them warm. This book will be difficult not to read in one sitting, it can't be easily put down. When I grow up I want to be a Susan Wiggs heroine
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