Just Breathe

A heartwarming tale of love and coming home

Just Breathe is a story of love lost and love found of coming of age of feeling out of place and finding that place it's the love story of comic strip writer Sarah Moon and Fire chief Will Bonner who knew each other as kids where Sarah was the misfit and Will was the all American boy. It's about being able to come home again and it finally feeling like home. It's about families and friends. We first meet Sarah in Ms. Wiggs last book The Inn at Willow Lake where she makes an appearance with her then husband Jack when the story picks up Sarah is heading home to California after the breakup of her marriage only to still feel like the misfit who left when she graduated high school, she unexpectedly meets Will again when he's summoned to take her to the ER after a fainting spell. I won't tell you any more just that you have to read it.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Beautiful story

Susan Wiggs is one of my favorite authors. The story in 'Just Breathe' was very believable and heart-warming. Sarah and Will are wonderful characters and each brings their own life's twists for the reader to enjoy. Even thought Sarah's first husband is not what she thought he was and it seems true that women will put up with more in a marriage than men, Susan Wiggs does her usual job of making us look at people and their feelings.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Falling in love doesn't always lead to a happy ending, but the second time sure does

This boook surprisingly took my interest since I'm a picky reader and now Just Breathe is one of my favorites. I highly recommend it for any woman who enjoys reading a romantic story, because this book will definitely make you say, "Awh" and make you wish you belonged in this world where even though things don't work out at first, everything ends up perfect in your life.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

terrific second chance at love tale

In Chicago, Sarah Moon loves her husband of five years Jack Daly. She enjoys her work writing the comic strip Just Breathe whose star Shirl reflects much of the idiosyncrasies Sarah sees in life but unlike Sarah Shirl often confronts the hypocrisy. Sarah has been undergoing infertility treatment until she came home and saw Jack, who had been struggling to get it up with her, naked and up with his ¿horsy¿ business associate. --- She leaves heading home to Glenmuir, California while having Shirl represent her frustrations with men, divorce and being in your thirties while living under your mom¿s roof. Ironically, Sarah is pregnant and even more sardonic, she and fire chief Will Bonner, a single father, are friends. He was her enemy in high school while his daughter Aurora is her teen replica of loneliness and angst from when she was in high school and, who already has mom issues exponentially compounded by her father and the cartoonist falling in love. --- Susan Wiggs shows her greatness with this terrific second chance at love tale as she combines humor with the Shirl comic strip at the start of each chapter with deep angst laden relationship issues. The story line is obviously character driven by the lead couple and Aurora but what makes this so good is the reader will cry and laugh with the lead trip throughout. Ms. Wiggs provides a superb family drama filled with love. --- Harriet Klausner

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Today's romance

If you like to read romance, this is one for today. A real human interest study. Sarah and Will are so human. This is the first book to make me cry in a long time. Wonderful book.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Favorite book ever!

Loved it. One of my favorites of all time!

Just Breathe

Enjoyed it!

GREAT book!

This was the first book I have read of Susan Wiggs and I could not put it down. The characters in this book was so belivable and you wanted to know what happenes to them. I would love it if there was a second book picking up this store! The only bad thing with this book was it ended. This is a great book to curl up and read anytime.

awsome

awsome book made you feel for her

A good story with a woman on top

I loved this story, it took a bit for me to get into, but overall okay. It reminds me of a coming over age romantic fairy tale. Instead of man meets girl, they get married, and then have babies, its quite the opposite. Woman leaves husband, founds out she is preggers, meets man, falls in love again. Who wouldn't love that. Not to lie, the whole romance during being pregnant did seem far fetched to me, but it can and does happen in real life. This book is great for a beach read, or just to spend somet time for yourself with. Highly suggested to any woman out there.

Couldn't put the book down.

I really like this book. The story had several changes and they made for a good read. I am going to read more of the books by this auther and will share my book.

I bought this for the title but stayed for the story

This latest from popular writer Wiggs tells the story of Sarah Moon, a married cartoonist desperate to conceive a child after her husband's near-miss with cancer. When she finds him in flagrante dilecto with another woman, Sarah flees to her home town on the California coast, where she confronts demons from her past and discovers she's pregnant at last - with twins. As her romance with fire fighter Will Bonner develops, Sarah struggles to confront her lack of self confidence and gain the trust of Will's troubled stepdaughter Aurora. There's even a dog to round out the tale. Wiggs' style is better than most romance writers I've read, although she spends a lot of time telling the reader what the characters are feeling, instead of showing it. The descriptions are a little flat, as are the emotional scenes, but it's entertaining reading by any definition.

Fun Book

I loved the characters, the style of writing was good also. After reading other books this was like a fresh breath of air. This is a great summer book! If you haven't read it I suggest you do.

Great Read

This book is one of the best i have read. A great book if you like romance and novels, I couldn't put this book down.

Couldn't put it down

As always, Wiggs writes a very engrossing story. Even the supporting characters capture your heart.

What happened?

I love all of Susan Wiggs' books, but this one was not like all the others...it was boring. The two main characters didn't even have a conversation with each other until after page 200. I was excited to read this book, as the first chapter was great and I had read it before in a preview from another one of her books. I was really disappointed with the long, drawn-out plot, etc...

Wonderfull

This was the first time I have read a book by Susan Wiggs. Just Breathe is a wonderful book!! I loved every minute of it!! It is a must read book!!

Easy Read

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!

Settling into life is just a breath away!

This book was filled with so many great laughs, truths, and more. Sarah's handling of her changing life was at times funny, maddening, sweet, and even a bit tearful. Her grandmother and aunt were a great compliment to the story as was her comic strip "other life." Sarah's outward hesitance, fears, skepticism and more weren't frustrating to the reader because you could feel these things for her as you became involved in her life. Will was really a prince charming in ordinary clothing. And even Aurora was delightful--and that's true even though there were times you wanted to strangle her. Susan Wiggs created a place for the reader to feel like more than just a casual observer with these characters.

Did not enjoy this book

I am a big fan of Susan Wiggs and have read many of her books, however, this was the worst one I have read. It seemed like it was written by someone else. The story dragged, was predictable, and I did not like the depressing plot. I had to force myself to finish it. I didn't really care for any of the characters either. Not recommended.