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  <title><![CDATA[Leaning, leaning over water: A novel in ten stories]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Frances Itani]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story of an Anglo-Irish family that moves from Ontario to the Hull region along the Ottawa River. It is set in post-war period and the family story is told through a series of ten short stories, most are from the eyes of the middle-child, Trude. I like Francis Itani's writing style. This book pr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65748399">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ten short stories, or chapters really, about an Ontario family in Quebec in the 1950s.  Almost all of the stories are narrated by Trude, the middle child.  The stories talk about rural life, family, childhood adventures and rebellion.  For most of the novel the family lives beside a river, and water...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25704687">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting Canadian family drama. Familiar to me as many of the place refences are Ottawa and Hull. Story of a rural family in the 50s and their sense of identity and happiness in place.]]></body>
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