The Goodbye Quilt, Susan Wiggs
The Goodbye Quilt, Susan Wiggs
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The Goodbye Quilt

Author: Susan Wiggs

Narrator: Tanya Eby

Unabridged: 4 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/29/2011

Categories: Fiction, Romance

Synopsis

Linda Davis’s local fabric shop is a place where women gather to share their creations: quilts commemorating important events in their lives. Wedding quilts, baby quilts, memorial quilts—each is bound tight with dreams, hopes, and yearnings.Now, as her only child readies for college, Linda is torn between excitement for Molly and heartache for herself. Who will she be when she is no longer needed in her role as mom? What will become of her days? Of her marriage?Mother and daughter decide to share one last adventure together—a cross-country road trip to move Molly into her dorm. As they wend their way through the heart of the country, Linda stitches together the scraps that make up Molly’s young life. And in the quilting of each bit of fabric—the hem of a christening gown, a snippet from a Halloween costume—Linda discovers that the memories of a shared journey can come together in a way that will keep them both warm in the years to come....

About Susan Wiggs

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.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Mary on 2012-08-17 10:14:49

A very boring book. After the first 10 pages, I had enough of the Mother/Daughter thing.

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on March 29, 2011

Granted, I have more than a little in common with Molly (okay, in case you don't recognize my name, Susan Wiggs is my mom and the daughter in the book was based on me - right down to being a snarky little a-hole to her mother sometimes). But even if my mom hadn't written this book, I would have been......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on March 27, 2011

Sometimes I will say about a book "It was exactly what I expected when I picked it up" and when I picked up this Susan Wiggs novel, I pretty much figured that even if I didn't say that in this review, I would be able to. I was wrong. Instead of a book that was a sweet pleasant afternoon diversion I......more

Goodreads review by Vicky on March 28, 2011

Linda Davis and her daughter, Molly, are driving across the country on their way to drop Molly off at college. Their road trip is supposed to be a final mother/daughter bonding before the break that will launch Molly into a new world and new experiences. While on the trip, in order to pass the hours......more

Goodreads review by Kathryn on March 03, 2019

A bittersweet story of saying goodbye to a daughter going off to college and a mother saying - "now what!"......more

Goodreads review by G on June 16, 2011

If you are in the process of sending a child off to college, absolutely, do not read The Goodbye Quiltby Susan Wiggs. You will drown in tears. This story is from the mother’s point of view as she takes her only child across the country, to college. Linda relinquished her dream of college after mar......more

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