Safe Haven edition by Susan Dugan Literature Fiction eBooks
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Awaiting news of her son gone missing during World War II, a mother recalls his childhood victory over polio. A young woman weighs the promise of John Kennedy's new frontier against the reality of her best friend's breakdown. An extramarital affair propels a suburban mother to awaken to true desire on the eve of the Apollo 11 space walk. The discovery of an abandoned infant in a dumpster unites a mother, daughter, and granddaughter in startling ways.
In her wry and wrenching debut collection of linked short stories, Safe Haven, Susan Dugan inhabits the lives of three generations of American women seeking refuge from the harsh realities of their moments in time and finding it at last where they forgot to look; patiently waiting in their own backyards. Each character shares a deep longing and active seeking for an elusive
seeming love that will never fail them, and a sense of true meaning and
purpose in an ultimately meaningless world. Their quest is our own.
"In this beautiful collection of linked stories, Susan Dugan seamlessly braids together the lives of three women in such authentic prose that you feel you are eavesdropping on an actual conversation, privy to the most personal details of the women's lives. I loved these laugh-out-loud funny at times--and heartbreaking at others--stories with a capital L. While reading this book I thought, 'I know these women. They are my grandmother, my mother, my aunt, my friends, and myself.'"
Darla Worden, author of Road Shoes and founder of the Left Bank Writers Retreat
"I found Safe Haven brilliantly done and very moving. In vivid language Susan Dugan pours heart and soul into this collection of penetrating stories that illuminate the strength and intelligence of American women. Their stories will linger inside you for a long, long stay."
Ann Creel, author of The Magic of Ordinary Days
Safe Haven edition by Susan Dugan Literature Fiction eBooks
I so enjoyed Susan Dugan's book of short stories Safe Haven. Usually when one reads short stories, the characters are passing acquaintances, but with these linked stories with reoccurring characters, they are like family, because they are family. There is the mother and daughter, Annette and Colleen, and we see them growing and changing together. Plus, Susan takes us through their lives and their eras. We relive the times of the Kennedys and McGovern running for president; times when housewives across America were discovering valium and junior high teachers were having nervous breakdowns. But the author reminds us of more than the time; she reminds us of how difficult it was for women to express their dissatisfaction with their lives and roles.And there is my favorite character Rose. She is the Irish woman who lives the life her father, brother and priest want for her. At first we expect her to be weak, but as she ages, her strength grows.
This book has the best of both worlds: wonderful short stories with the satisfaction of following these great characters as they stumble through life. Alice Munro has always been my favorite short story writer, and Susan Dugan is up there with her.
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Safe Haven edition by Susan Dugan Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Whenever I am busy doing one thing or another, when I am excited to get back to my book, I know it's a good one. This book made me feel like I knew the main characters and certainly felt compassion for whatever they were going through. For such a serious subject (life), it certainly makes you laugh now and then (also like life). It's a quick read (compared to a Russian novel) and definitely worth the time spent. It also lingers and bits of how it comes together do so later on, for me anyway. I heartily recommend it.
I usually prefer a big, heavy novel and I love a series culture and heft and history. So I was surprised by how much I loved this intimate collection of short stories. It was like peering at very personal moments, unable to look away, with every bit of the weight and character of an epic novel. Susan Dugan has an incredible memory for childhood and a very perceptive understanding of where women are all connected. "Safe Haven" is going on my "Read once a year" shelf, like fond family I don't want to let go of. I hope there comes a second collection; these stories are too alive to not go on.
OK book, although the link with Rose was never explained. I kept wondering how it tied in. Writing is pretty good, but it jumps around in time enough to be disconcerting. Altogether, I feel it's a pointless book. Sorry, I wanted to like it.
Susan Dugan does an amazing job of bringing all of the characters to life. I couldn't put the book down and now that I'm done, I want to start reading it all over again. I hope Susan will have a sequel and continue on with these lovely stories.
What a gift this author has for catapulting the reader back in time--back to early matrimony, back to childhood and adolescence, back to moments in the country's political evolution.... Yet Dugan always brings the reader forward again and knits together the threads of these disparate women's stories--our stories--into the fabric of who we have become. Crafted with clever dialogue and wise introspection, this collection of stories is a trove of useful and unusual insights.
As I approach my sixties, the "girl I was"sometimes seems lost to me. Susan Dugan's collection of short stories, Safe Haven, follows the lives of three generations of contemporary women and the family dynamics and world events that shaped and shook their lives. Her characters, Colleen, Annette and Rose remind us how women's roles have changed, yet how universal the challenges of being daughter, wife, and mother continue to be. Thank you Susan for taking me back to my own Irish Catholic girlhood memories of the first men on the moon, the assassination of Robert Kennedy and George McGovern's bid for the presidency and reminding me of how "the girl I was" became the woman I am today.
Talk about perfect timing... After having just finished watching and loving the first three seasons of Mad Men this fall, I picked up Susan Dugan's wonderful book, Safe Haven, and found myself back in the early sixties. The book starts with such a perfectly portrayed slice of time, it felt like I was there, reliving it! Susan has an uncanny ability to perfectly depict all the moments in time explored in this collection, yet, by juxtaposing them with three generations of a family, they are clearly part of a much larger perspective. I was completely engaged in following the lives of Rose, Annette and Colleen, and seeing life through their eyes.
I so enjoyed Susan Dugan's book of short stories Safe Haven. Usually when one reads short stories, the characters are passing acquaintances, but with these linked stories with reoccurring characters, they are like family, because they are family. There is the mother and daughter, Annette and Colleen, and we see them growing and changing together. Plus, Susan takes us through their lives and their eras. We relive the times of the Kennedys and McGovern running for president; times when housewives across America were discovering valium and junior high teachers were having nervous breakdowns. But the author reminds us of more than the time; she reminds us of how difficult it was for women to express their dissatisfaction with their lives and roles.
And there is my favorite character Rose. She is the Irish woman who lives the life her father, brother and priest want for her. At first we expect her to be weak, but as she ages, her strength grows.
This book has the best of both worlds wonderful short stories with the satisfaction of following these great characters as they stumble through life. Alice Munro has always been my favorite short story writer, and Susan Dugan is up there with her.
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