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    <body><![CDATA[I give this four stars and not five only because I was a little disturbed at how preachy it could get in its anti-religion. However, it's refreshing to have a book in which that's the main theme. And it hits notes that are close to my heart: love of books and post-apocalyptic futures.<br/><br/>I l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14895821">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[ah, yet another of the postapocalyptic fiction books i do so love. this one was horrible and depressing, too. <br/><br/>it takes place in the ‘near future’. it’s about 30 years after the End, when we managed to nuke most of the planet. that event was followed by a nuclear winter and a ’bli...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48353781">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The most realistic post-apocalyptic story I have read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[WOW this book was completely amazing, written 17 years ago, in a world where the world as we know it has ended due to fever plague and a nuclear war. Two women are left, Rachel and Mary. This is their story of survival. I sobbed at the end, it felt so real, it felt as if this is a possibility for us...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22707114">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A book for lovers of books, A Gift Upon the Shore sets the scene after Nuclear war and plague have wiped out most of the human population and torn civilization apart. Against this backdrop, two women struggle with essential questions of what is valuable, and what parts of ourselves we can save. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[As much as Wren wanted to make Rachel and Mary the tolerant ones the not so subtle disgust, although not explicit, of religion and the Bible makes her views on religion just as damaging and damning as the people that are blinded by religion.<br/><br/>Wren's overt opinions got in the way of the sto...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44734396">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[lovely. similar premise as into the forest. less cheesy of an ending, and the religious sect who land is shared with is a little too stereotypical for me, with one or two characters with depth, but much more potential that isn't fulfilled (in terms of complexifying the christian characters). the wil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38954945">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved loved loved this book!  Post apocalyptic atheists dealing with relegious fanatanics while trying to gather and preserve as many books as possible. Beautiful! ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[interesting end of society book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A wonderful dystopian novel.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An all-time favorite]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm a sucker for end of the world stories. This one wasn't bad. Two women survive on an Oregon valley farm and preserve books as a tenuous link to the future after plague and nuclear war. Fundamentalists also survive. The story was engaging, but maybe I've read too many end of the world stories. I f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5582094">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an post-apocalypse story about a woman seeking to preserve as many books as she can. I wanted to give up in the first 50 pages, but this book was given to me by a dear friend - so I am keeping at it. I just hope I finish soon. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Trully a classic of apocalyptic fiction. Somewhat timely in its treatment of Christian fundamentalism, although at the time it was written it is clear that such groups were still considered part of a lunatic fringe. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[After most of humanity has been wiped out, two women try to save as many books as they can.  Their efforts are threatened by the fundamentalist beliefs of a nearby human enclave and the harsh world in which they live.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Hauntingly good - rather a dim view of the future of reading...]]></body>
    
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