

The Ocean Between Us
Author: Susan Wiggs
Narrator: Joyce Bean
Abridged: 16 hr 24 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 01/31/2013
Author: Susan Wiggs
Narrator: Joyce Bean
Abridged: 16 hr 24 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 01/31/2013
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.
Reading significant portions of one's own life in a book other than one's own autobiography is an intriguing experience. I was immediately transported back to those days when, like the three children in this book, I too could be called the Navy brat of an officer who was a pilot, an officer who also......more
I read this a long time ago but I remember how much I enjoyed it. Grace Bennett is the hub of her family. She holds the fort down as her Navy husband is deployed. Her children have needs that accompany military children moving so much. As so many moms do, she feels like she doesn't know what she wan......more
I loved loved this book, It reminded me of what it must have been like for my many freinds as well as my Mother being a military wife. This story is about a woman who reinvents herself after a life altering man walks into her husbands life and tells them he is this mans son. Just as the husband is a......more
Sometimes all I want is a well written chick lit book with family secrets, emotional characters and no smut. This fit that bill and I thoroughly enjoyed it.......more
This was story that hit home about a Naval family and the struggles. With a brother and cousin in the Navy, and husband having been Navy. IT really showed the stresses that each person can go through. It did not take long to read this. I really felt for each character (except Cory, who wasn't a main......more