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    <body><![CDATA[I don't agree with susie bright on most things but I enjoy her work and writing... I thought this book was funny and interesting even where I disagreed.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book did for me at age 26 what Delta of Venus did for me at age 16. Enough said.]]></body>
    
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