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    <body><![CDATA[I would probably enjoy reading Frederick Buechner's grocery list, and yet the third installment of his spiritual memoirs, Telling Secrets, was a little underwhelming. It seemed Buechner relied too heavily on squishy spiritual maxims to pack an emotional punch, rather than just telling the readers hi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6168066">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed reading this.  I love Buechner's writing, although I don't always jive with his theology.  There's still a lot of good stuff in here, and his eloquence will move even Puppy Francis to tears - that is, if Francis could just &quot;krill&quot; out long enough to be moved.<br/><br/>Buechner ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47050513">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Just finished rereading this book, and it struck me so much more this time around. Good picture of why intentional conversations about our heart, &quot;telling our secrets&quot; to at least one person is so important. Good words from Frederick:<br/><br/>“...I have come to believe that by and lar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54177264">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Buechner's books are often so layered that it takes me several times through to catch the brilliance of it all.  But brilliance it is.  In a memoir, Buechner brings the reader along his journey of processing through some of the hard things in his life.  He reflects on the importance of telling our s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62323636">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Buechner's pen inks poetry, his words elegant and thoughtful. I enjoy reading him for his prose alone.<br/><br/>But this third memoir on his life runs too relativistically. He responds to a Divinity student with a humanistic athiest worldview, &quot;Maybe she was right,&quot; Another student, a Un...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17631489">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My husband was reading this book for seminary and really liked it.  It didn't do that much for me but I did like a section where he wrote about not having your happiness completely tied up in your children's happiness.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[In this memoir, Buechner looks at his own secrets: his father's suicide and his daughter's anorexia.  I really liked the third part of the book where he talks about the role of community in a person's healing process.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh, Frederick, I think you might be my soul mate.  Your writing stirs me deeply and puts words to experiences I have not been able to verbalize.  I will be reading more of you!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The last in the series of masterfully written 3 memoirs in which the author's personal journey of faith pierces the darkness of family secrets and denial, thus illustrating his central theme that redemption is available to all.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoy Buechner's non-fiction works.  His fiction works are a little more sketchy for me, but I really enjoy his honestly and realism when talking about life and what we go through. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Buechner is a great writer if you haven't read any of his books I recommend you doing so.  this is one of my favorites of his.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a classic memoir, essential to all people of faith.  I recommend any Buechner.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[maybe the best book i've ever read...i dont really know what to say about it.]]></body>
    
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