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    <body><![CDATA[Any book that can break my heart multiple times in the first 30 pages is worth my time, and probably yours.  Hegi is my new favorite -- her books feel anchored deeply in an experience of life that pulls no punches and yet always manages to feel celebratory.  At the same time there is something gritt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40859299">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's been quite a while since I have read Stones From the River, which I really enjoyed.  This book, The Vision of Emma Blau, was okay.  It is the story of a German immigrant, Stefan, who comes to America to realize his dream of opening a restaurant and to build the grand apartment house called the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51423679">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a good long read. It covers the lives of 5 generations of the Blau family, whose patriarch, Stefan Blau, immigrated from Germany in 1894. One of the main characters is actually the gargantuan (for that time) apartment house built by Stefan, and what it comes to mean for his granddaughter Emm...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38870112">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yet another fantastic book about some residents of Bergdorf, but the majority of this book takes place in the US and spans four generations. Hegi has such a wonderful way of describing places, thoughts, feelings. I felt the book started to falter toward the end, and I was rather disappointed in the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78938399">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have read only two of this writer's books, but her writing is so beautiful that I look forward to reading all of her books. Both this and Stones From the River tell of life in Nazi Germany from the point of the ordinary people of the country and all of the pain and sorrow they endured. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book seemed to go on and on, never really fully developing a character, but going on to the next generation. Then it dawned on me that the story isn't about a person, or even a family, it's about the house—the Wasserburg. I liked Stones From the River better.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good book to read the week of my German stepfather's death. Hegi writes<br/>beautifully about what it was like to be German and American during the twentieth century and the wars against Germany. I see my stepfather's personality in the characters of this book. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I recently read &quot;Stones on the River&quot;, so I was interested to read this book. While &quot;Stones&quot; is about the Blau family during the times of WWI and WWII, the &quot;Vision of Emma Blau&quot; is about the other side of the Blau family, those who left and lived in the US. <br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11310529">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't like this Ursula Hegi book as well as the other two.  It disappointed me since I so loved the previous two.  Kind of weird plot and characters weren't so likable.  Also a sad tale; life really sort of came unraveled in this family.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An excellent book by the author of Stones from the River, this book takes place in the America and is less about Emma Blau than about her grandfather, Stefan Blau, and his life as a German immigrant around the turn of the 20th century.    ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I feel like I've been giving too many 4 star ratings lately. If I could have given 3 1/2 I would have. Take that as you will.<br/>I'm a giant sucker for epic, multigenerational family stories, so in that vein, this was perfect. But I felt that some eras were much better fleshed out than others; for...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35481249">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[She's an incredible storyteller. I had read <em>Stones from the River</em> in college and decided to read the sequel, then in the space of a couple of weeks I read every Heigi book I could get my hands on. This was a favorite. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not as good as Stones from the River. Story starts out strong and gets lost on itself near the end. Hegi still a great writer, I think she just took on too much with this multi-generational story. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>Good, but got a little long.  Chronicles 4 generations descended from a German immigrant who came to New Hampshire in the early 1900s.  By the time I got to his great-grandson, I had tired of it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the German author who wrote &quot;Stones from the River&quot;. It was an Oprah Book Club pick early on and I loved it. I'm not sure, but I think this one (The Vision) is even better!<br/><br/>I loved how the story moved on quickly, not getting mired down into too many details. And I also l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51855610">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not as good as Stones From the River, but I do love Ursual Hegi's stories, probably since I am of German descent. Her characters are interesting but strange.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just picked this book up on a whim and immediately got caught up in the lives of the characters. Must read Stones in the River. ]]></body>
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