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    <body><![CDATA[<strong> Excerpts from my readers response notebook </strong><br/><br/>I don't believe what a fool Raymod was. OK...so fine he knew in advance that Basil was in another relationship. And fine that he didn't want to ruin his future (even if Basil was a jerk), but there has to be a point when you draw the line and s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5333929">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just when we (gay black men) received our first literary voice, it was minimized soon after. I was excited about revisiting the characters from <em>Invisible Life</em> but found I had to share every other chapter with the straight female point of view. Part of me wanted to skip to the gay brother's chapters ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38459064">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Continue the story of the main character of Invisible Life and how he comes to terms with hisown sexuality.  Beautifully written, and teh story never gets old or stale!]]></body>
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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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    <body><![CDATA[This is a continuation of the story of a bisexual black man.  This part of the story is basically about friendship, close friendships.  I don't necessarily think it's the world's best written story, but I felt connected to the characters, and when one of the character's best friend died, I had to fi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10690480">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book just felt so incredibly right. Currently, re-reading again. First story to make me cry.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved this book. It made me more aware of down low brothers,]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great if you love this author's style of writing!<br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book iit was great.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another great book by a great author.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read a long time ago]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is more of an adult kind of book, it is about gay men, a woman. And yea. It is a great book though. GREAT!<br/>It tells about gay men and helps you understand them more, it sounds werid, but i highly recommednd you read it. It tells about dieases such as AIDS....again HIGHLY RECOMMENDED<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37130620">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[E Lynn Harris contiunes with characters from his previous novel to this one. His writting style makes single women informed about the dishonesty that black men/men have with concealing their homosexuality. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is was an excelelnt follow up to Invisible life. It is also possibly the last original/non-formula book that E. Lynn Harris has written.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a great read. I am not a gay man, but after reading this book I understand gay men and what they go through personally.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Love all of his books. He deals with black homosexual characters is a real human way and confronts issues that they deal with. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The best lesson in humanity for me..opened my eyes to a whole new world. I'll never forget the characters I met in this book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This wasthe very first book I read from E. Lynn Harris. It was a good read. ]]></body>
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