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    <body><![CDATA[Couldn't get into this one.  I read the first three stories, and they all followed the same formula: two &quot;quirky&quot; girls and their slightly out of touch mom do nothing, and nothing happens. Ho hum.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another fabulous Abigal Thomas book!!!!  Only women of a certain age will understand this book and perhaps women of a certain background.  AT once funny and poignant, the love stories and stories of women and their children and their bad decisions when raising children can raise some ghosts or give ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45593523">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another great book by Abigail Thomas.  Here's an example of her style:<br/>Bunny's problems are all inside Bunny's head.  She gets terrible pictures in her mind.  For instance, there is a NO PARKING sign loose on a pole near where her mother works.  It looks to Bunny as if it might go sailing off o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5793446">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Welcome to the delightful array of smart and sassy women who valiantly -- and hilariously -- struggle with the eternal battle of the sexes in this gutsy collection of stories. <p> Child brides, misguided newlyweds, and lusty middle-aged grandmothers are just a few of the characters Abigail Thomas brings to life in these wise and witty stories about women of all ages trying to deal with love for men, with their families, and with their own lot in life. Thomas presents interesting heroines: there's the girl in &quot;Sisters&quot; who hates her younger sibling for (among other things) her precise memory. In &quot;Seeing Things,&quot; Maude, who &quot;wants to be tan the whole year round,&quot; and whose &quot;great ambition is to be whistled at on the street,&quot; is told by her younger sister, &quot;You look ridiculous smoking with the chicken pox.&quot; And then there are the four stories about Buddy and Virginia, who have to drop out of school and get married after she gets pregnant. From sibling rivalry to marital strife, Thomas uncovers the pain, the poignancy, and the belief in love that lie in the hearts of her heroines.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[It followed no story. it was just a bucnch of info on characters that never developed. it was a waste of a read. i think about all the great stories waiting to be published. and this is whats out there? finished it in a couple hours. i needed a quick read for a flight. disappointing]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This author has written memoirs and essays and having read them I found this collection of short stories very enjoyable.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The crap you'll read to get on the same page as your high school girlfriend....]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Welcome to the delightful array of smart and sassy women who valiantly -- and hilariously -- struggle with the eternal battle of the sexes in this gutsy collection of stories. <p> Child brides, misguided newlyweds, and lusty middle-aged grandmothers are just a few of the characters Abigail Thomas brings to life in these wise and witty stories about women of all ages trying to deal with love for men, with their families, and with their own lot in life. Thomas presents interesting heroines: there's the girl in &quot;Sisters&quot; who hates her younger sibling for (among other things) her precise memory. In &quot;Seeing Things,&quot; Maude, who &quot;wants to be tan the whole year round,&quot; and whose &quot;great ambition is to be whistled at on the street,&quot; is told by her younger sister, &quot;You look ridiculous smoking with the chicken pox.&quot; And then there are the four stories about Buddy and Virginia, who have to drop out of school and get married after she gets pregnant. From sibling rivalry to marital strife, Thomas uncovers the pain, the poignancy, and the belief in love that lie in the hearts of her heroines.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some stories are so lucid and clear and perfect it seems like a joke.]]></body>
    
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