Susan Wiggs's Blog, page 69
March 4, 2010
last blast o' winter
Me, my sister, her husband and his brother. Good times!
dulce de leche for lunch
Why am I having dulce de leche ice cream for lunch, you ask? [image error]Because THE SUMMER HIDEAWAY is #11 on the friggin' USA TODAY bestseller list, that's why!!!
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The Last Song
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central Publishing
The story of a teenage girl distraught over her parents' divorce; movie (F) (P) $7.99
Weeks in Top 150: 25
Last week: –
Entered Top 150: 9/17/2009
Peak: 1
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DearNicholas Sparks, Grand Central
Love, duty in the aftermath of September 11...
March 3, 2010
running with the big dogs
Thank you readers! Your support means everything to me. Even with all the movie tie-ins and big new releases, THE SUMMER HIDEAWAY made a splash. 
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending Feb. 27…. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.
Copyright © 2010
by The New York Times
March 14, 2010
Paperback Best Sellers Mass-Market Fiction
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THE LAST SONG, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $7.99.) A 17-year-old spends the summer with her father in N...
something for book groups
A huge thank you to ALL YOU magazine for posting this great discussion guide:
The Summer Hideaway Discussion Guide
more
Curl up with a book!
Book review: The Summer Hideaway, by Susan Wiggs
1. The book opens with a snapshot of a day in the life of a military med-evac unit. Ross Bellamy keeps two things close after the incident a new awareness of the power of family ties, and the contact card given to him by Florence Kennedy. How do these two things come into play...
March 2, 2010
birds+windows…what to do
Thanks to the West Sound Wildlife Shelter for this very terrific advice:
Birds and Windows
Weve all had it happen. Birds — either thinking that our windows are open flying space or seeing their own reflections and going on the offensive — will crash headfirst into plate glass windows. Sometimes the birds perish; somethime they're lucky and they fly off right away. But other times, the birds are stunned and they fall helpless onto the ground or deck.
At the West Sound Wildlife Shelter, we get...
March 1, 2010
Booklist Review!
Thank you Booklist!
The Summer Hideaway.
Wiggs, Susan (author).Mar. 2010. 432p. MIRA, paperback, $7.99 (9780778327998).
REVIEW. First published March 1, 2010 (Booklist).
George Bellamys brain tumor keeps recurring, so he discontinues treatment, and travels with nurse Claire Turner to upstate New York in an attempt to mend fences with his long-estranged brother Charles. Spending the summer at Camp Kioga also allows him to matchmake for his beloved grandson Ross, newly returned from a two-year A...
February 23, 2010
women's fiction
I was recently interviewed by the wonderful Mary Louise Wells for a new newsletter dedicated to women's fiction.
Master Class Faculty: Susan Wiggs by Mary Louise Wells, Craft Editor
This job just gets better and better! I fell in love with Susan Wiggs years ago, after emerging from THE LILY AND THE LEOPARD with a profound sense of awe and a nearly-empty box of tissues. Since her early days of writing historicals, Susan has branched into contemporaries and women's fiction, picking up awards ...
February 22, 2010
February 17, 2010
thanks to the Coast Times for this terrific review
The Coast Times is a great e-zine for people who love the beach.
BEACH READS
[image error]Beloved, bestselling author Susan Wiggs delivers the next installment of her popular Lakeshore Chronicles series, The Summer Hideaway – a touching tale of secrets and sacrifice, loss and redemption… and a love too powerful to be denied. Medvac helicopter pilot Ross Bellamy comes home after two years deployment in Afghanistan. His beloved grandfather George has terminal cancer and refuses to receive further medical...
