Susan Meissner
Born: 01-01-1961
Susan Meissner is a bestselling American author known for her captivating historical fiction and contemporary novels. Her storytelling often weaves together past and present, exploring themes of love, loss, and redemption. With a background in journalism, Meissner brings a keen eye for detail and rich, immersive narratives to her work. Some of her acclaimed titles include "The Shape of Mercy" and "A Fall of Marigolds," earning her a devoted readership.
Book summaries for books written by Susan Meissner
Quotes
Grief has no expiration date, no time stamp, and no right or wrong way to do it.
Sometimes the worst thing that happens to you, the thing you think you can't survive... it's the thing that saves you.
Life is made up of moments, small pieces of glittering mica in a long stretch of gray cement. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won't happen. We have to teach ourselves how to make room for them, to love them, and to live, really live.
The past is always with us, he has said, and it is up to us to find a way to make peace with it.
Sometimes we have to let go of who we are in order to embrace who we can become.
In the end, the beauty of life is in the living of it, not in what we accumulate or what we accomplish.
Some things are meant to be, even if they do sometimes go off course.
Apologies can be powerful, but they don't always make things right.
Life is a tapestry of moments both big and small, woven together by the threads of our choices.
Sometimes the things we can't change end up changing us.
Love is a balm that soothes the deepest wounds.
We all have a story, and sometimes the best thing we can do is share it.