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    <body><![CDATA[Love Godwin's books, however, this is not a favorite.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A troubling novel about creative people and the forces (external and internal) that derail them from realizing their potential.  Familiar territory, but nicely done from a feminine POV. Not a fully realized work, but there's enough here to keep you reading.  Godwin has the rare ability to suck you i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37579122">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Too discursive.  Didn't care for it as I did Godwin's later works.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A decent read by Gail Godwin, exploring the difficulties of identity that a young woman faces.]]></body>
    
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