false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586090m/14286.jpg 14286 14 818191 1994 Open Secrets: Stories total:744|5:317|4:295|3:105|2:24|1:3| 744 3131 1040 70 14286 0679755624 9780679755623 716 62 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586090m/14286.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14286.Open_Secrets_Stories 2 3 false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun Dec 09 16:32:57 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 09 16:33:55 -0800 2007 Runaway, I liked Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, and this one ... eh. Nothing in this collection really grabbed me.

The stories I enjoyed most were:

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Similarly individuals develop gradually over a lifetime and things that would have seemed absurd when viewed as yo...more...]]> 14286 0679755624 9780679755623 716 62 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586090m/14286.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14286.Open_Secrets_Stories 4 0 false Thu Feb 19 15:41:08 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 07:08:15 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 15:41:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1848759 0140247300 9780140247305 8 4 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189174122m/1848759.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1848759.Open_Secrets 4 0 false Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 21:24:59 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 20:11:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 14286 0679755624 9780679755623 716 62 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586090m/14286.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14286.Open_Secrets_Stories 4 0 false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 31 10:30:41 -0800 2008 Mon Sep 28 08:03:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 14286 0679755624 9780679755623 716 62 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586090m/14286.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14286.Open_Secrets_Stories 5 0 false Sat Oct 25 05:08:54 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 05:16:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 14286 0679755624 9780679755623 716 62 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586090m/14286.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14286.Open_Secrets_Stories 4 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 16:16:58 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 16:16:58 -0700 2008 Harper's magazine, and was so struck by the involvement i felt upon reading her story, that the next time i was at the library i picked up this collection, which was enjoyed immensely. She is great at capturing people, which is something i find extremely important, as som...more...]]> 14286 0679755624 9780679755623 716 62 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586090m/14286.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14286.Open_Secrets_Stories 4 0 false Mon Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue May 27 22:54:20 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 21:57:26 -0800 2008
The first story really turned me off, it felt way too ladies-book-clubby and i did not find it charming at all, and i wasn't in a hurry to pick the book u...more...]]> 14286 0679755624 9780679755623 716 62 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586090m/14286.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14286.Open_Secrets_Stories 5 0 false Sun Aug 16 12:20:39 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 12:27:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 14286 0679755624 9780679755623 716 62 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586090m/14286.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14286.Open_Secrets_Stories 4 0 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 05:20:20 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 06 15:21:16 -0800 2008
The most appalling acts have origins i...more...]]> 14286 0679755624 9780679755623 716 62 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586090m/14286.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14286.Open_Secrets_Stories 4 0 false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 09:11:32 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 09:02:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 14286 0679755624 9780679755623 716 62 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586090m/14286.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14286.Open_Secrets_Stories 5 1 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 09:03:27 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 09:07:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 14286 0679755624 9780679755623 716 62 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586090m/14286.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14286.Open_Secrets_Stories 0 0 false Thu Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 09:11:36 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 09:12:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1848759 0140247300 9780140247305 8 4 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189174122m/1848759.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1848759.Open_Secrets 5 0 false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 15:28:39 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 21:28:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 14286 0679755624 9780679755623 716 62 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586090m/14286.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14286.Open_Secrets_Stories 5 0 false Fri Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 16:01:31 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 16:07:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 14286 0679755624 9780679755623 716 62 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586090m/14286.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14286.Open_Secrets_Stories 2 0 false Thu Nov 19 13:50:50 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 13:52:02 -0800 2009 14286 0679755624 9780679755623 716 62 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586090m/14286.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14286.Open_Secrets_Stories 4 0 false Tue Mar 10 16:42:13 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 08:16:32 -0700 2009 ]]> 14286 0679755624 9780679755623 716 62 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586090m/14286.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14286.Open_Secrets_Stories 4 0 false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 08:27:19 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 19:00:04 -0700 2009
Still pretty gung-ho about this when I finished. Parts feel like character studies, not "whole" stories, and there's lots of back and forth, feeling characters out in time. ]]> 14286 0679755624 9780679755623 716 62 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586090m/14286.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14286.Open_Secrets_Stories 2 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Jan 28 11:03:56 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 11:04:29 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=14286