

Lakeshore Christmas
Author: Susan Wiggs
Narrator: Joyce Bean
Unabridged: 9 hr 45 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 09/29/2009
Categories: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Romance
Author: Susan Wiggs
Narrator: Joyce Bean
Unabridged: 9 hr 45 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 09/29/2009
Categories: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Romance
When Susan Wiggs’s recent novel, Fireside, landed at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, the author responded by jumping fully clothed into her swimming pool. In February. In the Pacific Northwest. After thawing herself out, the author put on her lipstick and vacuumed the living room. Why? Because on the tiny island where she lives, news travels fast. She knew her girlfriends would show up momentarily - which they did - with the customary champagne and bags of Cheetos. She toasted her loyal readers, whose unflagging interest in her books propelled her sales upward. She toasted her friends and family as well, since they have always been the source of her inspiration. From the very start, her writings have illuminated the everyday dramas of ordinary people. At the age of eight, she self-published her first novel, entitled A Book About Some Bad Kids. Today, she is an international best-selling author, with millions of copies of her books in print in numerous countries. Her Lakeshore Chronicles novels celebrate the power of love, the timeless bonds of family and the nuances of human nature that make headlines every day. She lives on an island in the Pacific Northwest and is perpetually working on her next novel.
I feel like I really could have liked this book. Really. I could have. Maybe. If not for the blatantly pious, purse-mouthed, sanctimonious, rod-far-up-her-ass librarian. I just couldn't like Maureen. And yes, I know she's been through some shit and it made her all emotionally distant, but really? Sh......more
I have to start by saying I love Susan Wiggs. She writes wonderfully fun and escapist books that are like a safe place to curl up and just relax. I save her books for times when I want to have the novellish equivalent of a spa treatment. This was not one of my favourite books of hers. The main heroi......more
A nice Christmas story about a woman who runs a library that will be closed the first of the year due to budget cuts and a man who started life out as a child star, then lived on a commune. They both are in charge of the town's Christmas program and have to work together. She helps him get over his......more