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| Just Breathe | 
 enlarge | Author: Susan Wiggs
Creator: Sandra Burr
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed
Category: Book
List Price: $39.25
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Format: Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Library
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 1423351894
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781423351894
Publication Date: September 1, 2008
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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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| Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...
 New to Susan Wiggs December 24, 2008
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 actions seemed very realistic and the character development was superb.
 An author to read! December 23, 2008
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.
Wait for the paperback December 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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 his error when he discusses divorce with his lawyer and his attempts to reconcile fall on deaf ears. As Sarah starts to make new friends and reconcile with old frenemies that she lampooned in her underground high school comic, she discovers that she is pregnant. Torn over what to do, and on the verge of finding love again, she has some hefty decisions to mull over, and it isn't easy when she has the attentions of her high school heartthrob.
I wanted to like Wiggs' story, and for the most part I did, but there is just too much going on to the point that it reads like more of a soap opera than a novel. The arson investigation seemed originally like an integral part of the plot, then it was dropped, only to be resolved (in the past no less) at the end. I liked Sarah's transformation once she returned to her roots, the kindred spirit she felt with Will's daughter who was also on the verge of being an outcast like she was. But I had a hard time understanding how she ever fell for Jack since the only Jack the readers are introduced to is a bitter and not so nice one. I also had to side with her editors in that I did not think that her comic strip was all that funny (at least not the excerpts that were ultimately chosen).
Tracy Vest, December 2008
A story of Love lost, Betrayal, True love, Strength, Courage, Humour, & Devotion... December 16, 2008
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 always use to reading more fast paced suspense/mystery/horror, fictional novels. This book was a lot different for me. Once I really got into the book & started coming to an end I found that I actually ejoyed this book. It felt like I really knew the characters, very realistic, the story line was well thought out & flowed nicely, it included a few important events & the two main events were drawn out to the end, which added suspense to this novel & kept you wanting to read more, this book had a sad beginning,an inspiring middle & a beautiful ending! If you want a book that is real, honest, funny, happy , sad...and many emotions packed into one, you will be happy with this book, I plan to get more books by Susan Wiggs, & I am hoping there will one day be a sequel to Just Breath! Happy Reading... :)
I must have a different sense of humor November 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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 after, I was looking forward to a final scene with everyone where their fate was absolutely unquestionable.
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