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    <body><![CDATA[One of the most beautifully written books I've come across in a long time. Deeply profound and poetic, Zumas constantly draws close to the border of the uncomfortable but knows when not to cross it. Among my favorites.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I heard the author read from the book at Elliott Bay around a year ago. I really enjoyed it and regretted not buying it but fortunately I recently found a used copy. It was as good as I remembered. Pretty much all the short stories end without a resolute resolution of conflicts or a dénouement, thi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34337383">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This collection of ten short stories deals with misfits and the misunderstood. My favorite story was Blotilla Takes the Cake. You can read more of my thoughts on this here (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.bookgirl.net/?p=997">http://www.bookgirl.net/?p=997</a>)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wonderfully quirky stories written with a deft touch. The kind of book you can fall in love with.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A beautifully written collection of short stories.  Slow and moving and dark.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the very best books to come out this year.  ]]></body>
    
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