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  <title><![CDATA[Any Way the Wind Blows: A Novel]]></title>
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  <default-description>One of the guilty pleasures of the reading world, E. Lynn Harris's novels are filled with gorgeous, glamorous, A-list African-Americans who will do whatever it takes to get their way. You don't want to know anyone in a Harris novel. The talented Yancey Braxton, who was left at the altar in the previous book in this series (&lt;I&gt;Not a Day Goes By&lt;/I&gt;), moves from New York to L.A. with hopes of transforming her theatrical success into a bigtime musical career. And if her first pop single happens to expose her bisexual ex-fianc&#233; Basil Henderson to ridicule, so much the better. Basil himself claims to be looking for the mother of his children--a good woman, in other words--while continuing his nonstop sexual conquests on both sides of the fence. He meets his match in Bart Dunbar, a hunky gay man with a mean streak the length of the Mississippi. When Basil dismisses Bart after a couple nights of steamy sex, Bart finds a way to make himself memorable. The best-written and most wicked of Harris's novels, &lt;I&gt;Any Way the Wind Blows&lt;/I&gt; will keep you up all night turning pages and being grateful for a quiet life. &lt;I&gt;--Regina Marler&lt;/I&gt;</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">2001</original-publication-year>
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      <name><![CDATA[E. Lynn Harris]]></name>
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  <date_added>Fri Dec 05 04:58:54 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Dec 05 05:00:38 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[From all of E. Lynn Harris' books, I've learned that a 'whole, new' world exists in our society and sports and that we are more alike than different.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sat Nov 10 08:04:34 -0800 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'll be the first to admit, I really enjoy reading E. Lynn Harris' works. I feel that they are both insightful as well as entertaining.After just finishing his latest book, &quot;Any Way the Wind Blows,&quot; I would be doing you a great disservice if I didn't say how I felt about the book. So, havi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8920961">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47835778">
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  <date_added>Sat Feb 28 17:56:57 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 28 17:57:06 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have this book, but read it some time ago, but I am a fan of all of e. lynn harris books, all of them are good. ]]></body>
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    <review id="48420845">
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  <date_added>Fri Mar 06 09:22:44 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 06 09:22:51 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great if you love this author's style of writing!<br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="74682059">
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 15 19:36:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 15 19:37:31 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really didn't like this book that much.]]></body>
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    <review id="28534870">
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  <date_added>Mon Jul 28 13:34:20 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 28 13:36:42 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Questioning your sexuality is mosdef in this book.  I need to get it again so I can re-read.  The impression I remember from reading it was that it was worth reading again.]]></body>
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    <review id="27162046">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[women of color.]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jul 13 18:54:14 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 13 19:07:17 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This story was spicy, delicious and grimy. I loved it. The wrap up at the end was nice but a little quick. Either way, one of my favorite authors delivers. ]]></body>
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    <review id="28349872">
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  <date_added>Sat Jul 26 09:24:32 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 26 09:25:13 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I listen to this book on tape...not exactly high-brow but a fun listen]]></body>
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    <review id="5759260">
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Nov 27 05:56:25 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this author.  I can't wait to see what else happens to Basil!!!]]></body>
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    <review id="4017268">
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  <date_added>Fri Aug 03 08:07:20 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 16 08:44:23 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[this author is awesome, I recommend anything that he writes]]></body>
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    <review id="32785813">
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  <date_added>Sat Sep 13 12:50:03 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Absolutely awesome!!!!!!!!  Definite read again.]]></body>
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    <review id="14760069">
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    <name><![CDATA[Mario]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Feb 06 15:00:13 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 06 15:01:02 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is Juicy, pages filled with drama. ]]></body>
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    <review id="28082487">
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  <date_added>Wed Jul 23 12:57:34 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 23 12:57:50 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved this one.  It should be a movie!]]></body>
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    <review id="37794681">
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    <name><![CDATA[Laura]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sat Nov 15 09:40:25 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 15 09:40:47 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[got the book from library today!!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wonderful!]]></body>
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