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  <title><![CDATA[Mercy]]></title>
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  <default-description>Police chief of a small Massachusetts town, Cameron McDonald makes the toughest arrest of his life when his own cousin Jamie comes to him and confesses outright that he has killed his terminally ill wife out of mercy.&lt;P&gt;Now, a heated murder trial plunges the town into upheaval, and drives a wedge into a contented marriage: Cameron, aiding the prosecution in their case against Jamie, is suddenly at odds with his devoted wife, Allie -- seduced by the idea of a man so in love with his wife that he'd grant all her wishes, even her wish to end her life. And when an inexplicable attraction leads to a shocking betrayal, Allie faces the hardest questions of the heart: when does love cross the line of moral obligation? And what does it mean to truly love another?&lt;P&gt;Praised for her &quot;personal, detail-rich style&quot; &lt;I&gt;(Glamour),&lt;/I&gt; Jodi Picoult infuses this page-turning novel with heart, warmth, and startling candor, taking readers on an unforgettable emotional journey.&lt;P&gt;</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1997</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>Mercy</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jodi Picoult]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mercy???  This book should have been named <em>Selfish</em>.  I mean, I get it, I get it -- by the end, the title is more than understandable, the way it ties into pretty much every storyline -- but overall I was semi disappointed in this book.  I think the main reason for my disappointment stems from the fa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12243945">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[If there had been half-stars, this book would have ratedd 2.5.  It was better than ok, but I didn't really like it.  I had read four or five Jodi Picoult novels and found, from the first high of My Sister's Keeper it to be a slow, downhill road and this book doesn't break that path.  <br/><br/>The...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31059287">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jul 21 08:15:09 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really wanted to like this book.  I've heard rave reviews about J.P. and this was my first read from this author.  Things I liked: The parts that focused on Maggie were heartbreaking.  Jamie is a likable guy forced to make a life-changing decision that no one should ever have to make.  Allie comes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27440957">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="27066608">
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Jul 26 19:00:43 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I could not put this book down- Jodi's writing is so deep and captivating that I found profound thoughts and insights on nearly every page.  The story itself was ok, but what I liked about the book the most was how psychological it was- the insights and emotions of the characters, and how you could ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27066608">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="3677789">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I only read it a few weeks ago and can't really remember anything of the story.  Didn't make much of an impression at all, but was good at distracting me from the fact that I was a passenger of an eight hour drive.]]></body>
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    <review id="40036743">
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Jodi Picoult is probably one of my favorite authors, excluding Jane Austen, of course. I love the way her books grab a hold of you and don’t let you go until the very end. But probably my favorite thing is that she tackles tough moral issues in her novels.<br/><br/>Throughout the novel, I got the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40036743">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="28931024">
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 04 08:36:51 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Jodi Picoult books! However, this one was a real dispointment to me. I didn't find the book a pleasure to read until over halfway through and even then it wasn't gripping in the way her stories usually are. In fact as the book progressed I became increasingly annoyed at Cam.<br/><br/>I foun...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28931024">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52772056">
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book starts with a man killing his wife because she is dying, very painfully, and he doesn't want her to suffer. A good and mostly believable storyline. Where the author lost me was with the sherrif and his complete lack of regard for his wife.  I may be a prude when it comes to marriage, but I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52772056">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="4140209">
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Police chief of a small Massachusetts town, Cameron McDonald makes the toughest arrest of his life when his own cousin Jamie comes to him and confesses outright that he has killed his terminally ill wife out of mercy.<br/>Now, a heated murder trial plunges the town into upheaval, and drives a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4140209">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="19765764">
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 20 18:38:48 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another volume in my Picoult obsession... I'm starting to see the formula: ripped-from-the-headlines story; three or four characters presenting their point of view; a trial. Even knowing sort of what to expect, I still get caught up in the narratives.<br/><br/>I think I had the most visceral respo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19765764">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40457410">
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    <body><![CDATA[I was not really a fan of this book.  It could be so much better, IMO.  The flashbacks to Scotland were strange and I found it dragged quite a bit.  Certainly nowhere near my favourite of Picoult.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I started this book three times before actually getting hooked and finishing it.  Jodi Picoult is one of my favorite authors, but this is not my favorite book by her.  <br/>I felt sorry for Allie and what she was going through.  She was so devoted and in love with Cam, but he didn't return the infat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14390511">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46171705">
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book but it's not the best one of Jodi Picoult's many novels. It really puts the reader's opinion of mercy killing into question. Jamie MacDonald drove to another town's police office to confess that he killed his wife who was dying of cancer. His cousin, Cameron, so happens to be the p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46171705">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41535719">
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite books of all time. It explores the possibilities of how much you could love someone and what you would do for that other person. It also explores what we ask others to do for us - is it pure selfishness or something else. The characters are very well-developed. Cam is the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41535719">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73555278">
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It took me just the weekend to read Mercy, but that's not saying much since it's been in my possession for months now. The book has two stories intertwined in it-the first, main story, is about a man named Jamie, who kills his wife suffering from Cancer. And it's not just the beginning of Cancer-thi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73555278">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="62427599">
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Having read quite a few Picoult books, I would absolutely label myself a fan of her work. But this book just didn't do it for me. There were two main story lines: one involving an affair between two characters, and one involving a man who kills his wife because she is dying of a terminal illness. Th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62427599">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh my. I am still feeling somewhat sad and hollow a few hours after having finished this book. I remain an ardent Picoult fan. Sad because of the very premise of the book - Maggie being destroyed by cancer, Jamie's accepting to end her life, which leads to his being tried for murder. Hollow because ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69190312">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mercy, by Jodi Pecoult.  B-plus.<br/>Borroed from Recorded Books, also available through audible.com.<br/><br/>Two distinct plots go on here, each having to do with love.  Cameron McDonald is chief of police in Wheelock, Mass. Where he has lived his whole life.  He is well respected and has a com...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42579357">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know what drew me in to this particular book... I guess I loved the love story between Jamie &amp; Maggie.  My heart broke over and over again for Allie, but in the end I was happy that her and Cam decided to work things out and try to start over.  <br/><br/>The question is... how much do you ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49866089">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow, Jodi, we didn't hit it off in this one.  This was my fourth Picoult novel to read and I was initially excited to crack this one open.  Unfortunately, it was a bit like looking in the box, only to find that the contents are gone.  The selfishness of mankind in general overwhelmed me in this book...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74872582">more...</a>]]></body>
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