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  <title><![CDATA[Ordinary People]]></title>
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  <default_description>Describes a youth's breakdown and recovery and how it affects his family.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1976</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Judith Guest]]></name>
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    <location><![CDATA[Midvale, UT]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Thu Jul 19 21:59:48 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 26 21:41:34 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was first recommended to me by my high school English teacher.  I had just read Lord of the Flies, and she could tell I needed something to restore my faith in humanity.  This book is incredible!<br/><br/>It is a real, unflinchingly honest look at life and all of the horrible things that...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3301894">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1247675">
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    <name><![CDATA[Katelyn]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Glen Ellyn, IL]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed May 16 09:02:31 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 08 16:07:40 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Judith Guest's Ordinary People explores a topic so familiar to us that I'm not sure she succeeds at breaking any molds. But due to my ignorance, perhaps she's one of the writers who set the mold in the first place. If this is true, then we have Guest to thank for telling the story of the private gri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1247675">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="33352432">
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    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Sat Sep 20 09:43:48 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 20 13:04:24 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[For the first couple chapters of this book, I was rather confused and repelled by Guest's writing style.  The EXTREME stream of consciousness is rather intrusive to first-time readers.  Conrad and Calvin's struggles, though revealed at painstakingly slow rates, made me have to read more and more and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33352432">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12140819">
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    <location><![CDATA[Northern NSW, Australia]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Mother]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 10 06:29:42 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 10 06:35:27 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This story is about how one family member's accidental death affects the survivors in different ways.  It is written from the perspective of a young man, it is his brother who has died, and out of guilt and grief and feeling disconnected from his parents, he attempts suicide.  So then the family and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12140819">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="609407">
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    <name><![CDATA[Julie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bloomington, IL]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Fri Apr 06 16:00:39 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Apr 07 12:04:06 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book my senior year in high school. I picked it up off of my dad's bookshelf. I have since reread it and it remains one of my favorites. The family and friendship dynamics are good and the themes are universal. There is an honesty about all things (including depression and relationships)...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/609407">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/609407]]></url>
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    <review id="43595142">
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    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Mon Jan 19 11:35:40 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 19 11:41:29 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very good book. It talked about Conrad , the protagonist, who blames himself for his brother's death. In the beginning, he tried to kill himself, but his father save him. Later on, his father helps him find a psychiatrist. I didn't like how his Conrad's old friends treated him differently...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43595142">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43595142]]></url>
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    <review id="66850835">
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    <location><![CDATA[Mountain View, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 10 10:41:14 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 10 10:54:01 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not 100% sure how this book, a 1980s version of the paperback, ended up on my bookshelves. Best bet was that it belonged to either my brother or one of my sisters, and it somehow got moved to California with me.  I've noticed it around for awhile, but hadn't been motivated to read it until recen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66850835">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66850835]]></url>
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    <review id="10742835">
    <user id="686879">
    <name><![CDATA[sahiga]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[people who are emo]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Dec 20 06:44:19 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 27 22:41:36 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is told entirely in present tense, which is a dangerous choice unless you're a very good writer. Fortunately, Judith Guest is a very good writer. She gets right into Calvin and Conrad Jarrett's troubled minds (the wife/mother, Beth, remains elusive). It's also an easy, light read. Unfortun...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10742835">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10742835]]></url>
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    <review id="39911844">
    <user id="431521">
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    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Thu Dec 11 18:33:20 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 11 18:34:06 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Love the movie, but not the book. ]]></body>
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    <review id="2498116">
    <user id="83445">
    <name><![CDATA[Lisa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1978</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jun 28 12:53:42 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 28 12:53:42 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very psychologically astute book about a family and what happens to the parents and younger son after the older son dies in an accident. Good character development and it's well written. I really felt for the surviving son and I really liked his psychiatrist as well. (And this is one of the few time...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2498116">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="74860266">
    <user id="188458">
    <name><![CDATA[Bobbi]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Alexandria, VA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Oct 17 16:51:40 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Oct 17 17:09:43 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an old book from the 70s--no cell phones, computers, or iPods to get in the way of a deep story of semi-dysfunctional family life in an upper-crust Chicago suburb. The story is told in an alternating fashion between the two main characters: father and son, Calvin and Conrad. Conrad has just ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74860266">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74860266]]></url>
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    <review id="57078060">
    <user id="1883816">
    <name><![CDATA[Barbara]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Waban, MA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1978</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat May 23 13:05:24 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat May 23 13:22:12 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This heart rending story demonstrates the effects of the death of an boy on his family members and friends. His brother's feelings of guilt and a quest for attention seems to be ignored while his parents are immersed in their own grief.Guest handles psychological/ emotional problems with realism and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57078060">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57078060]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="1929779">
    <user id="92779">
    <name><![CDATA[Ingrid]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Norway]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 13 12:41:33 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 17 07:12:43 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book. I hated the mom. ]]></body>
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    <review id="39573102">
    <user id="1780797">
    <name><![CDATA[Jesse]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Athens, GA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Sun Dec 07 22:47:48 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 07 22:49:45 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite high school teachers, who exposed me for better or worse to the idea of existentialism, seemed to be a huge fan of this book. I feel, as a result, that I should revisit it and actually read it this time rather than bullshitting my way through discussions with classmates pretending...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39573102">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39573102]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="46328408">
    <user id="2031665">
    <name><![CDATA[Ev]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Spokane, WA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Ape]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Feb 14 10:20:34 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 07 00:00:03 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was pretty bored at the beginning. The storytelling was confusing for me as a lot of it I wasn't sure who was speaking or who was thinking what. I had to re-read some pages that would be an entire page of consciousness (with no puncutation). Towards the end it gets a lot better.<br/>The story is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46328408">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="25120452">
    <user id="863372">
    <name><![CDATA[Natalie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Sandy, UT]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Sun Jun 22 09:52:53 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 22 10:01:38 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very well written and nice narration. We get to skip from actions to in the heads of two of the characters so we can get the current action and past history intermixed. I didn't like the profanity or low moral standards but I really could relate to the pain and heartache of the characters. The book ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25120452">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25120452]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="16870497">
    <user id="232918">
    <name><![CDATA[George]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Salinas, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Mar 02 20:13:08 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 02 20:24:54 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book while without a TV in Austin. I would've brought The Corrections, but it was too big and heavy. So I took this little paperback. I'm a fan of the movie that I haven't seen in ages and the book isn't too shabby. It's about a w.a.s.p.y family that are disconnected and dealing with the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16870497">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16870497]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="57420637">
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    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although the topic of the book was good, and it was a very good book, I am only giving it two stars. For one, it was really hard to read. It wasn't because of the writing, but rather the way it was painful to read. It was hard to read this book, because it was so raw. I am also giving this book two ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74436591">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another book I found on the 10th grade reading list.  Read the book, now I'm watching the movie.  I think the title is excellent.  This is about ordinary people leading ordinary lives but like in all of our lives, ordinary never means dull or without pain.  I was struck by the meaninglessness of the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67149283">more...</a>]]></body>
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