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    <body><![CDATA[Lola. Grace. Marnie. Alicia. Four very different women with one connection: Paddy de Courcy. Told from each of the four women's viewpoints, This Charming Man explains how each of the women is deeply affected by this one man. All of the women are struggling with something, despite her outwardly norma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20343812">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[WARNING!! If you have been, or are, a victim of domestic violence, please be aware that this book depicts the violence and the situations very graphically. Ensure that you are ready to confront this imagery.<br/><br/>I give this book 5 stars if you are not reading it as a beach read, typical chick...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13283333">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a difficult review to write... Keye's writes about domestic violence, alcoholism, and other heavy topics with warmth. She's really able to convey the feelings of her characters. This was a tough read for me as it would be for any one who has experienced domestic violence. I sobbed on the com...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14232592">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book, but do not read if looking for funny, uplifting read.  The reviewers on back of dust jacket have obviously not read book or have seriously different sense of humor than I do. <br/>Book is story of five/six various women who have all come into contact with same politician man who ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24897752">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite book I've read this summer is, This Charming Man, by Irish author, Marian Keyes. I'm a huge fan of hers and have read all of her books. They've been thoughtful, delightful and entertaining. But This Charming Man weaves together compellingly stark portrayals of alcoholism and domestic vio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28833227">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Gosh, another great Marian Keyes book - just when I thought she couldn't get any better.  I don't want to make any rash statements here, but I don't think that Marian Keyes is writing &quot;chick lit&quot; (god, how I hate that term) anymore.  She's writing serious fiction that also happens to be hi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27940468">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Yet another book that I would prefer to give 3.5 stars to (will goodreads ever have that option). <em>This Charming Man</em> did not have that laugh-out-loud attitude that many of Keyes' other books possessed, but the story was good enough to keep me reading anyway.  I think Keyes does an admirable job of in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25165709">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This Charming Man tells the story of 4 women (although focusing mainly on 3 of them) whose lives are all somehow connected to one man. Paddy de Courcey, a young Irish politician and attractive bachelor, has annouced he's getting married, and it's big news everywhere. Keyes alternates narrators throu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24097877">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Marian Keyes is one of my favorite authors. Even though her publisher tries to market her books as chick lit they aren't. They are normally about very serious issues like alcohol and physical abuse or your husband disappears. On the back of this book REDBOOK raves about beach reads. Maybe one or two...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10691070">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[You know what? I expected to read this book and think, urgh there's another chick-lit same-old same-old. I'm not the biggest fan of chick-lit but I can happily flit into the genre when I fancy something light-hearted.<br/>I didn't find this predictable, though, which is my usual qualm with chick-li...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27201771">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[no stars!<br/>number one best seller? friend recommended Marian Keys(darn you Christine O' Hare!!!!!!!!!)? they are my excuses for reading this book!!<br/><br/>there are four women that feature in the story. I was interested in one of these women, so that's what drove me to actually finish the tr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25255721">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Reviewed by Claire Allan<br/><br/>I doubt there has been such an eagerly awaited book as Marian Keyes' This Charming Man - how we have watched eagerly over the past two years as news of her latest book filtered out. There was going to be a character called Lola in it. It was going to deal with dom...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26217925">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I generally love Marian Keyes but this one did not do it for me.  Four Irish women all have a connection to a JFK Jr type politician.  There are broken hearts and arms in this one.  The politician is good looking, smooth talking but hides from the public his history of abusing his girlfriends all th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26825799">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<blockquote> <p> With <em>This Charming Man</em>, Marian Keyes hits her stride as a novelist with her best novel yet, telling the stories of four women who are shaped by one man </p> </blockquote> <p> Paddy de Courcy is Ireland's debonair politician, the &quot;John F. Kennedy Jr. of Dublin.&quot; His charm and charisma have taken hold of the country and the tabloids, not to mention our four heroines: Lola, Grace, Marnie, and Alicia. But though Paddy's winning smile is fooling Irish minds, the broken hearts he's left in his past offer a far more truthful look into his character. </p> <p> Narrated in turn by each woman, <em>This Charming Man</em> explores how their love for this one man has shaped their lives. But in true Marian Keyes fashion, this is more than a story of four love affairs. It's a testament to the strength women find in themselves through work, friendship, and family, no matter what demons may be haunting their lives. Depression, self-doubt, domestic abuse—each of these women has seen tough times in life, and it's through Keyes's wonderful storytelling ability that these subjects are approached with the appropriate tone and candor. Her deft touch provides a gripping story and, ultimately, a redemptive ending. </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[WARNING!! If you have been, or are, a victim of domestic violence, please be aware that this book depicts the violence and the situations very graphically. Ensure that you are ready to confront this imagery.<br/><br/>I give this book 5 stars if you are not reading it as a beach read, typical chick lit book, o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80009429">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book disappointing. The different fonts for different voices were not needed and rather aggravating. The clipped voice of Lola was beyond annoying. I just couldn't see the requirement. It was insulting to the reader as if we couldn't tell the difference between the voices. <br/>I've no...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49534100">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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