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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this was a pretty irritating book, although the writing is not bad, and some of the imagery definitely good.  Ok, so you definitely have to be in the mood for Colette to at all appreciate her, but still.  This book focuses on two adolescent drama queens in the throes of turning from childh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71336684">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I chose this book for The Fall Reading Challenge, 15 point task: <br/>5. Time To Study Abroad (Foreign Language)<br/>• Read 2 Books That Were Originally Published In The Same Foreign Language (One You Don't Speak Fluently).<br/><br/>The story is about two Parisian teens spending the summer at ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69408408">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think on my death bed I may confuse some of my most heart warming memories in life with some Colette's descriptions in this novel. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Dan recommendation]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The author captures that precious, painful moment when childhood retreats at the onslaught of dawning knowledge and desire. Philippe and Venca are childhood friends. In the days and nights of late summer on the Brittany coast, their deep-rooted love for each other loses its childhood simplicity.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think this short novel would be a great introduction to anyone who is curious about Colette. I'm just going to repeat myself in terms of what I love about her and her writing. Just go and discover Colette. You won't regret it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[wonderfully tender, coming of age story ... i first read it while in art school in my early 20's, and fell in love with the simple but intense feelings that each of us have experienced with growing up, and our first relationship.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[How Colette captures the innocence and beauty of youth in this quintessential coming-of-age novel amazes me, especially considering her own history.  The novel never becomes tasteless, and verges on wistful.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Luscious but unsubstantial.  Good for the bedside table or to clean the palate after something heavy.  Colette does have a way with words, though, that saucy lady!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[personal synopsis notes:  adolescent realizations of love and sex; submission of young boy to a dominant older woman and the love of that boy to a sexless girl.<br/><br/>]]></body>
    
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