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  <title><![CDATA[The Persian Pickle Club]]></title>
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  <default_description>It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and there's not a job to be found. For Queenie Bean, a young farm wife, a highlight of each week is the gathering of the Persian Pickle Club, a group of local ladies dedicated to improving their minds, exchanging gossip, and putting their quilting skills to good use. When a new member of the club stirs up a dark secret, the women must band together to support and protect one another. In her magical, memorable novel, Sandra Dallas explores the ties that unite women through good times and bad.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1995</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Persian Pickle Club</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Sandra Dallas]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[My grandparents and great-grandparents, the Butlers and the Fouts, owned farms probably on the exact land Sandra Dallas places her story. I spent many a summer break helping out on the farm. The pickle club so matches the politeness, rhythm, dialect, and pace of my grandmother's and the extended fam...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16202346">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="22463135">
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  <read_at>Thu May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat May 17 20:09:36 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat May 17 20:18:27 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was chosen for a book club.  I enjoy books from by gone era's and this is one of them. It takes a look at the lives of women living in Kansas during the depression. It illustrates their strong characters, their work ethic, and the strength of friendship. Besides all of this it has a wonder...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22463135">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Mar 29 12:39:59 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm still thinking about it. do women really go to these extremes to support one another? Or was the author talking about the collective guilt women take upon themselves for the misbehavior of the men in their lives?<br/>  It was well written and I enjoyed the character's development. I was surprise...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18930703">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43798904">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 21 06:30:17 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 30 06:37:35 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to save my review until after my friends read it, and after the Knit*Lit Club meets!  This was the on the list for our Library book club.]]></body>
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    <review id="69700527">
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 01 11:51:37 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 01 12:05:54 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I saw that all the book clubs in America seemed to be reading this book, so I was glad when my church book club chose this title.  First let me say that this is a clean and wholesome book, and I can recommend it to anyone.  But then suddenly, about three-fourths of the way in, there's a swear word! ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69700527">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="22742675">
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  <date_added>Thu May 22 07:02:34 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 22 07:05:44 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was rather delightful.  I loved reading about these women who had little in common except a shared love of quilting in a time when little else could be afforded.  They were selfless in their devotion to each other through some turn of events that ended to improve each of their lives.  I th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22742675">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2907633">
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 10 11:04:55 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 18 08:30:26 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book--and I really didn't expect to. The first chapter had a lot of characters to learn, but after that it just got better with each chapter. There are some fun unexpected twists to the plot, a few predictable parts, but a very good surprize ending. It definitely made me think a little ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2907633">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21265591">
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    <name><![CDATA[Janelle]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Apr 29 13:15:29 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This fits in there with The Secret Life of Bees, for me.  Get me out of the deep country, depressing poverty, and books about women's groups.  Yikes.  I feel like I'm suffocating.  This book is partially redeemed by a little plot twist at the end and could bump it up to two stars, but I was forced t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21265591">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="74403989">
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    <name><![CDATA[Peggy]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Oct 13 11:00:21 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Oct 13 11:06:26 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just love a Sandra Dallas book.  This is one of my favorites.  There are many twists and turns, relationships revealed, a murder to solve and all sorts of confusions and mishaps.  Many eccentric characters populted the story and a few will be found in other books by the author.  <br/><br/>Queeni...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74403989">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59448719">
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jun 12 16:37:15 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 18 15:02:48 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this for book club...never would have found it without. I enjoyed the characters in this novel. However thought there were a lot of women (and men) to remember who was who in the &quot;Pickle&quot;. There were some funny parts and sad parts. It was a very quick, easy read. I thought it showed h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59448719">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="74667727">
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Oct 15 16:54:44 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A heartwarming, delightful book that made me appreciate my friends even more than I usually do. A story of true friendship, with a little mystery thrown in for good measure. Even though I live in a different time and place, I truly felt I could relate to Queenie Bean and her wide variety of friends....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74667727">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21992259">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just loved this book.  It shows the strength of bond of a group of women meeting for the express purpose of quilting, when in reality they support each other in ways far beyond the creative aspect of quilting.  It reminds me of my bookclub and the bond that we have.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book!  About a sewing club in a small town.  How the women love each other and take care of each other when they need too.  There is a murder aspect to the story as well.  So fun.  Good book club book.]]></body>
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    <review id="37772644">
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a fun read about a group of women during the Great Depression who quilt together, but who take care of each other.  It's got a bit of mystery and some funny characters. It's quick and enjoyable.]]></body>
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    <review id="23688197">
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a pretty  cute book. I loved how much friendship was emphasized.  And, for me at least, there was still a small feeling of question at the end.  It was a pretty fun read.]]></body>
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    <review id="58862634">
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 13 09:03:14 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was better than 3 stars but it wasn't quite 4 stars to me.  I definitely liked it.  The prose was easy to read and it flowed well.  The characters were interesting and the plot had a nice little twist. The book kept me interested enough to keep reading until it was finished.  Even though i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58862634">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was set in the old southern area, which is where I'm from.  It was nice to see a wide variety of women getting together and sharing something nice.  They didn't have to struggle with life on their own--they had their friends to be there with them.<br/><br/>These women were as diverse as ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69682915">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a quick read, a book about friendships in the 1930s Kansas during the depression.  The ladies gathered once a week to quilt and called their quilting group &quot;The Persian Pickle Club&quot;, named after paisley fabric for which the design reminded them of persian pickles.  A young woman n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70152351">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a fun, quick read. I enjoyed the main character and the dialogue between her and the other club members. The message of friendship and loyalty was endearing. There were a lot of things about this book that I liked. However, when I finished it, I was left thinking, &quot;Well, that was a bit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62162140">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This story took place in depression-era Kansas, which everyone keeps comparing the current economic crisis to.  I have to say though, we could all learn alot from the people of that time.  They made due with very little, and cared more about the people around them than the things they had.  Though t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42466990">more...</a>]]></body>
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