Susan Meissner
Auteur de Secrets of a Charmed Life
A propos de l'auteur
In 1995, Susan Meissner was working as a part-time reporter for a county newspaper. In 1998, she was named editor of the Mountain Lake/Butterfield Observer Advocate, the town's weekly paper. The paper was named the Best Weekly Newspaper in Minnesota by the Minnesota Newspaper Association in 2002. afficher plus She retired later that year to write her first book, Why the Sky is Blue, which was published in 2004. Her other books include The Girl in the Glass, The Shape of Mercy, In All Deep Places, and A Fall of Marigolds. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de Susan Meissner
A Window to the worl 2 exemplaires
As Bright as Heaven 2 exemplaires
Incorporating History into Your Fiction 1 exemplaire
White Picket Fences 1 exemplaire
Het geheim van geluk. 1 exemplaire
Last year of the war 1 exemplaire
Liefde komt uit de hemel. 1 exemplaire
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- Date de naissance
- 1961-01-09
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- San Diego, California, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- San Diego, California, USA
Minnesota, USA
Blytheville, Arkansas, USA - Professions
- editor
- Organisations
- Mountain Lake/Butterfield Observer Advocate
- Courte biographie
- Award-winning writer Susan Meissner is a multi-published author, speaker, and workshop leader with a background in community journalism. Her novels include The Shape of Mercy, named by Publishers Weekly as one of the Best Books of 2008; White Picket Fences; and Lady in Waiting. She is a pastor's wife and a mother of four young adults. When she's not writing, Susan directs the Small Groups and Connection Ministries program at her San Diego church.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 37
- Membres
- 5,880
- Popularité
- #4,198
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 438
- ISBN
- 175
- Langues
- 5
- Favoris
- 9
As a survivor of a tragic house fire, I related to both of their reactions to witnessing historic tragedy: the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, and the 9/11 Twin Tower collapse. Both women retreat into an "in-between place". This is a common reaction.
The book also has a strong sense of place. Having worked in the World Trade Center, Meissner took me back to downtown NYC when writing about Taryn's experience. Clara, a nurse at Ellis Island, interacts with immigrants suffering from scarlet fever. One of these is a tailor. I thought about my grandparents who came through Ellis Island during the same period, one of whom was also a tailor. This story fleshed out their experience for me.
I also liked how she used Keats' "Ode to a Grecian Urn" as a means of understanding longing and loss. The poetry book itself is a McGuffin within the story, just to name a few.
Lastly, I love scarves. Having lost my collection in my house fire, family members have lovingly shared theirs with me. My new, small collection is dear to me because I can relate each scarf to the person who shared it with me, as do the characters in this book.
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