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    <body><![CDATA[I have an unrequited beef with Jincy Willett that dates back to weeks ago when she wrote in the NYT's Book Review that Sarah Dunn's flaming piece of chick lit &quot;Secrets to Happiness&quot; was not, in fact, chick lit. This, of course, led to me researching the reviewer to find ways to extract fro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57851697">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Having recently fallen in love with Jincy Willett's writing, I purchased Jenny and the Jaws of Life to recapture that delicious feeling I got when reading &quot;Winner of the National Book Award.&quot; Alas, what resulted was the exact sensation I got the first time I read any Austen after starting ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45727726">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book took me an entire week to read even though it is only 248 pages. The stories just didn't move me or inspire me.Some stories were mundane, others scary and only a few were interesting. My favorite was Melinda Falling, which was about an uncoordinated woman who falls very gracefully and a ma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42304608">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this up because in the forward, David Sedaris explains how he considers this book a true gem which help shaped his own literary voice.  Using basic logic: I love David Sedaris.  David Sedaris loves Jincy Willett.  Hence, I will love it too.  And I did love it.  Not because it made me burst ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62193275">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Whoah, that was a dark read!  Sure, the writing is tight, and it's (short stories) psychologically insightful into turning points in people's lives.  But this is dark, full of murder, rape, and other graphic, disturbing stuff.  So be warned.  I had nightmares the night after I read it.  I did get a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62209931">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have had a good run of books over the past week or so. <strong>Jenny and the Jaws of Life</strong> was so good that I'm tempted to take a break from reading and revel in the goodness. Instead, I will reread <strong>Jenny...</strong><br/><br/>Short stories are difficult. They are difficult to read and they are extremely difficult...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26953667">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another collection of short stories, this one endorsed by David Sedaris. These stories were much much different than those of The Littlest Hitler; they were much more serious and poignant, for the most part. Quite a few of the stories were funny, but they all had these really deep, really make-you-t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68405045">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ignore <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= David Sedaris" title=" David Sedaris"> David Sedaris</a>’ blurb: these stories are not funny. They <em>are</em> occasionally wry. They’re also incredibly well-written and full of fascinating ideas. Several of them, especially “Justine Laughs at Death,” blew me away. But this is a hard book to read—very bleak, especially when you go ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8940988">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is as amazingly dark as it is genius.  Please don't be fooled by the David Sedaris endorsement on the cover or the accolades of supposed-hilarity pasted all over the back.  It's not a grab-your-sides-and-roll-with-laughter kind of funny (like I find David Sedaris to be), rather, it's a wry...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6379784">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was definitely more depressing than funny, despite David Sedaris' glowing review of the wit and humor in it. It is funny in the &quot;ha ha, now I want to die&quot; way. Sardonic in the sense of the etymological root of the word: a poisonous plant that would cause people to die with a smil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29196370">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I do not agree with David Sedaris that this book is funny. The stories are incredibly sad, but compelling and well written. &quot;the Haunting of the Linguards&quot; is my favorite story, about the unraveling of a &quot;perfect&quot; couple. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed about half of the stories &amp; some I just didn't actually get.<br/><br/>Synopsis<br/>A uniquely insightful short story collection with huge appeal to women of all ages. To quote from David Sedaris: ‘It’s the sort of book that leads to late night phone calls. “I know you’re busy sleep...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13065830">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[All of these stories were really morbid, and a couple of them were really great.  I thought the best stories, like &quot;Julie in the Funhouse,&quot; &quot;The Haunting of the Linguards,&quot; &quot;Mr. Lazenbee&quot; and &quot;The Jaws of Life,&quot; were good because Jincy Willett has a comic's se...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24115533">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Brilliantly written, but I'm not so sure I saw the humor in it. It was clever and dry, but the darkness of each of the subjects far overshadowed the humorous elements. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A really quirky short story collection. The story are hilarious &amp; full of dark humor. My very favorite story was Miranda Falling, but they are all good.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I throughly loved this book!  If I was to write a book, I would want mine to be as engaging, interesting, full of ideas and controlled madness; just like Jincy Willett's <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10174.Jenny_and_the_Jaws_of_Life_Short_Stories" title="Jenny and the Jaws of Life  Short Stories by Jincy Willett">Jenny and the Jaws of Life  Short Stories</a>.  Her sense of dark comedy is amazing and while all the stories were really enjoyable th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53620298">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting collection of short stories. Not nearly as funny as the novel I read (The Writer's Group). Some of these stories were very...ethereal.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[David Sedaris raved and raved about this collection of short stories.  While I do understand the book's appeal, I had a hard time loving it to death.  It's a collection of short stories that deal with some of the emotional realizations a middle aged woman undergoes.  It definitely gives you sense of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27404530">more...</a>]]></body>
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