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  <about><![CDATA[Susan Gabriel grew up in the archetypal American South, playing in the shade of mimosa trees and catching lightning bugs as the heat waned on long summer evenings. She lived on banana popsicles and when not in school, spent most days exploring the woods around her home.<br/><br/>Later in life Susan became a professional musician and played many venues in Charleston, SC, including Piccolo Spoleto and one gig that took place on a 300 ft. sailboat where she was situated below in the hold. She has yet to get her sea legs back. <br/><br/>Susan became a psychotherapist, in part to understand the strange array of characters in her Appalachian gene pool and moved with her two daughters to Asheville, NC where she did dream work with a Jungian analyst and began to write fiction.<br/><br/>With her daughters launched into the world, Susan moved to Colorado for several years, where she explored the wild mysticism of the Rocky Mountain landscape and the American West. She now resides back in the green mountains of Western North Carolina. She is the author of Seeking Sara Summers and is a consultant specializing in women's issues.<br/><br/><br/>]]></about>
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    <![CDATA[Sara Summers Stanton has raised three children and works as a high school teacher at the same school she attended growing up. Her 25 year marriage is showing cracks in the facade and now she's dealing with breast cancer.     In a rare moment of taking care of herself instead of everyone else, Sara takes a sabbatical and goes on the trip to Italy she has always dreamed of taking. This search for a more authentic life leads to Julia, a friend she hasn't seen since they were inseparable as girls, nearly 30 years earlier.     They reunite in Florence and their friendship continues where they left off, resulting in an unexpected attraction to one another that threatens to turn Sara's already shaky world upside down.     What do you do if you fall in love with your best friend?     Sara's inner conflict and subsequent choices reveal an unpredictable yet dynamic future for all the characters.    Seeking Sara Summers is an emotional and lyrical novel, a timeless story about love, commitment and transformation.]]>
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