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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The epigraph for my forthcoming novel WESTERLY!

Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

I’m excited to reveal the cover for my new novel WESTERLY. This gorgeous painting by Rebecca Aldernet represents so much to me and perfectly captures the coastal settings in Ireland and Maine. WESTERLY is about motherhood, sisterhood, secrets, silencing, and women, facing forward, into the wind.

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

So excited to finally announce that my next novel WESTERLY will be published by @amazonpublishing.bsky.social next year! ☘️🌊

Author of WINTER LOON Susan Donovan Bernhard’s WESTERLY, a family saga about one woman’s journey from post WWII Germany to Ireland to Maine, where she lives with a false identity assumed as a child, with far-reaching, life-altering repercussions for three generations, pitched as for readers of Ann Napolitano, Mary Beth Keane, and Ann Patchett.

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Been thinking about this poem all day because I had to do a hard thing that is weirdly embarrassing. Looking forward to second guessing myself all night long.

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by Fleur Adcock
There are worse things than having behaved foolishly in public.
There are worse things than these miniature betrayals, committed or endured or suspected; there are worse things than not being able to sleep for thinking about them.
It is 5 a.m. All the worse things come stalking in and stand icily about the bed looking worse and worse and worse.

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies, and to all who celebrate Jaws:50.

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

No Kings, yasss Queens march and protest in Boston today.

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Yeats Day and I’m thinking of my dad and wondering if he knew any other Yeats poem but this one: A Drinking Song Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That’s all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die. I lift the glass to my mouth, I look at you, and I sigh.

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Reskeet with a favorite book from childhood.

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

In between doom-scrolling and hand-wringing, I’m watching eagle eggs hatch at Big Bear Lake and wondering what it would be like to have a giant bird take you under her wing, keep you warm, and protect you.

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

March is the worst month of the year with one notable exception. Fight me.

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 20/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 19/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 18/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 17/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 16/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 15/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 14/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 13/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 12/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 11/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 🥹 10/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 9/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 8/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 7/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 6/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 5/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 4/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 3/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 2/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 1/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Happy Final Friday to all who celebrate. Try not to lose your marbles, friends.

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I feel Iike we should have some kind of secret handshake here, something a little joyful while the fires of hell burn around us. Maybe post something funny or a pretty picture. Here: Is this not the prettiest razor wire you’ve ever seen?

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I don’t know how to social media anymore. I’m being pulled in too many directions. So here’s a tree.

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Susan Donovan Bernhard @esdeebeewriter.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Today I’m thankful for the people in my life who I love, for books to write and read and listen to, for my warm blanket, and for ibuprofen because I was a little two thankful last night. (#throwbackthursday to the time we went to the parade in NYC)