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A review by elste
The Oysterville Sewing Circle by Susan Wiggs
4.0
"I read somewhere that people lose their way when they forget their dreams. Do we?”
Susan Wiggs offers up storytelling at its finest. Rich, warm, and inviting, Wiggs effortlessly pulls you into her vitally alive world populated with family, forever friends, and small-town life — complete with rivalries, romances, and regrets.
"This is how it starts. We settle. We make compromises. We let them whittle away, bit by bit, and don’t really notice, or we rationalize it away. We tell ourselves it’s for the greater good.”
The author has a remarkable way of presenting cataclysmic events that penetrate her character's spirit to enable a transformative awakening. This story unfolds through life's adversities and accomplishments of designer extraordinaire Caroline Shelby. As the despair and pain get a tenacious hold into Caroline’s psyche, it also initiates a sea change of hope and possibilities. One such brainchild is the formation of the Oysterville Sewing Circle. Evoking the power of women coming together to support, promote and habilitate, and to simply “be present” for one another, to listen and to be heard.
"We believe you. We believe in you.”
Susan Wiggs offers up storytelling at its finest. Rich, warm, and inviting, Wiggs effortlessly pulls you into her vitally alive world populated with family, forever friends, and small-town life — complete with rivalries, romances, and regrets.
"This is how it starts. We settle. We make compromises. We let them whittle away, bit by bit, and don’t really notice, or we rationalize it away. We tell ourselves it’s for the greater good.”
The author has a remarkable way of presenting cataclysmic events that penetrate her character's spirit to enable a transformative awakening. This story unfolds through life's adversities and accomplishments of designer extraordinaire Caroline Shelby. As the despair and pain get a tenacious hold into Caroline’s psyche, it also initiates a sea change of hope and possibilities. One such brainchild is the formation of the Oysterville Sewing Circle. Evoking the power of women coming together to support, promote and habilitate, and to simply “be present” for one another, to listen and to be heard.
"We believe you. We believe in you.”