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Susan Wiggs

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in Olean, The United States

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Susan Wiggs's life is all about family, friends...and fiction. She lives at the water's edge on an island in Puget Sound, and she commutes to her writers' group in a 17-foot motorboat. She serves as author liaison for Field's End, a literary community on Bainbridge Island, Washington, bringing inspiration and instruction from the world's top authors to her seaside community. (See www.fieldsend.org) She's been featured in the national media, including NPR's "Talk of the Nation," and is a popular speaker locally and nationally.

According to Publishers Weekly, Wiggs writes with "refreshingly honest emotion," and the Salem Statesman Journal adds that she is "one of our best observers of stories of the heart [who] knows how to capture emotion on ...more

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Sugar and Salt Mass Market Edition

Dear friends, Remember mass market paperbacks? You know, those pocket-size reader-friendly little books that are sold in racks at the grocery store, variety store, convenience store, tourist kiosk, airport or news agency… How many of those books did we read over the years? Today I’m proud to announce the mass market edition of Sugar and Salt. Grab a copy and take it along with you. I promise, you

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Susan Wiggs’s books

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	The Lost and Found Bookshop (Bella Vista Chronicles, #3) 3.92 avg rating — 37,912 ratings — published 2020 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Oysterville Sewing Circle 3.95 avg rating — 19,742 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Apple Orchard (Bella Vista Chronicles, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 16,145 ratings — published 2012 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Family Tree (Switchback, Vermont, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 14,607 ratings — published 2016 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer at Willow Lake (Lakeshore Chronicles, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 13,589 ratings — published 2006 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just Breathe 3.95 avg rating — 13,434 ratings — published 2008 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beekeeper's Ball (Bella Vista Chronicles, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 11,737 ratings — published 2014 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Winter Lodge (Lakeshore Chronicles #2) 4.07 avg rating — 9,595 ratings — published 2007 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sugar and Salt (Bella Vista Chronicles, #4) 4.05 avg rating — 9,501 ratings — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer by the Sea 4.03 avg rating — 8,911 ratings — published 2004 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You're never alone when you're reading a book.”
― Susan Wiggs

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“She knew with painful certainty that the opposite of love was not hate, but indifference.”
― Susan Wiggs, Summer by the Sea

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“There is something about losing your mother that is permanent and inexpressable - a wound that will never quite heal.”
― Susan Wiggs, The Goodbye Quilt

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The Summer Book Club
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The Secret Hours
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Small Mercies
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Welcome to Beach Town
Susan Wiggs

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“The best way to keep from stumbling over the past was to move forward,”
― Susan Wiggs, Candlelight Christmas

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“That if you never get your hopes up,” she said, taking a sip of hot chocolate, “you’ll never be disappointed.” “Ouch,”
― Susan Wiggs, Candlelight Christmas

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“Kyle Bohner,”
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“For the survivors”
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