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    <body><![CDATA[In an attempt to review this book, I am a little bit at a loss for words. For those of you who know the other books that I read, recommend and love, I can tell you that the humor is something similar to that found in novels of my beloved favorite author Mary Connealy. The drama is amazing and the ch...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6809698">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>If you have read many of my reviews, you will have noticed that I don't like preachy novels. As I was reading this one, I was composing a less than flattering review in my head. The Measure of a Lady is basically a romance novel set in Gold Rush San Francisco. The heroine, along with her broth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47665009">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Rachel becomes the protector and provider of her younger brother and sister when her father dies on their journey to reach California during the gold rush days. She finds that on her arrival to san fransisco that there aren't any reputable places to work or live because most of the town are men and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69632846">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is the second book i have read by this author and i've quite liked her. this story is set in San Fransisco during the Gold Rush. Rachel[18:] and her younger brother and sister are orphaned on the way to San Fransisco and have no way to return home. they find the city filthy - physically and mor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47256879">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have decided that Deeanne Gist is one of my new favorite authors. This is the third book that I have read by her, and they are all exquisite. A little like Eva Ibbotson's YA novels. I just fall in love with the characters right off the bat and want what is best for them (in this case, each other) ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60092092">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this book up from the library yesterday and had it read by this afternoon.  It is a &quot;clean&quot; romance novel about a single lady who ends up in &quot;sin city&quot; San Francisco during the gold rush and must try and maintain her morality while also trying to protect her two younger ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41021014">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good story, but it didn't keep my attention like I had hoped.  I ended up skimming the last half just to get it finished.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book follows Rachel and her 2 siblings as they arrive in San Francisco in the 1840 gold rush period.  Widowed by their father on the boat ride over from New England, they must find work and shelter to survive there.  <br/><br/>I really liked the genre of this novel, which would be a historica...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46531674">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Rachel Van Buren has arrived with her younger brother and sister in San Francisco smack dab in the middle of the gold rush era. And she would much rather be back home in New Jersey but circumstances haven’t allowed that. She has to figure out how to make a living until they can return home and in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40488980">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a book that I saw exchanging hands between quite a few of my friends so I thought I would check it out. This is the story of Rachel Van Buren who along with her younger sister and brother end up stranded/orphaned/ penniless in the the gold rush madness of San Francisco in 1849. Rachel meets ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35641871">more...</a>]]></body>
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