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    <body><![CDATA[(If I didn't know who the author was, I would have loved this book. Unfortunately, Barbara Kingsolver has blown me away too many times to be able to settle for 'just' a good book. I know -- I'm so unfair in my ratings, but so be it!)<br/>The book was very romantic. It show-cased the many varieties ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43806493">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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