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    <body><![CDATA[So, SO un-politically correct. And therefore, SO funny!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a hilarious book, with lots of &quot;laugh out loud&quot; moments.  Though the characters were definitely more one dimensional caricature, with exaggerated weaknesses and biases, they did serve to illuminate some of the disparities in Southern beliefs and traditions in the aftermath of the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42719413">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Edgerton is a hoot!  He has the southern voice down pat, and I love his stuff.  This book brings back memories of my childhood in east Texas, and my mother's friends who played bridge together every few weeks at someone's home.  Their conversations used to sound like the conversations that Raney's f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71107710">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I like Clyde Edgerton, even if he is from the &quot;other&quot; Carolina.<br/><br/>This is a re-read for me, but as usual, I find myself chuckling at how Edgerton manages to portray his characters. He does it beautifully. Sometimes, it's best to read him out loud, so you can stop for the giggles.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40674122">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This story is about a young married man and woman who come from extremely different backgrounds and the ways they deal with their differences of opinion and life style. I wish I could remember why this book was so highly recommended by a friend. I found it to be distasteful, with unsettling results.<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70699625">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent book especially for any southerner looking for characters they &quot;know&quot; and a great laugh.  This book will make you laugh out loud!  It reminded me some of Cold Sassy Tree because he catches the true personality and &quot;flavor&quot; of the south.  Excellent book to read for pleas...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37475690">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;This book is too good to keep to yourself. Read it aloud with someone you love, then send it to a friend. But be sure to keep a copy for yourself, because you'll want to read it again and again.&quot;<br/>Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey<br/>Raney is a small-town Baptist. Charles is a liberal Episcopal librarian from Atlanta. And RANEY is the story of their marriage. Charming, wise, funny, and truthful, it is a novel for everyone to love.<br/>&quot;A real jewel.&quot;<br/>RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Paperback edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A substantive but very funny novel about the clash of cultures between two newlyweds: a small-town Free Will Baptist from a tight-knit family that talk endlessly without ever addressing any ideas; and an urban, cosmopolitan, well-educated Episcopalian from a tolerant but distant (in both senses) fam...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67261480">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd never thought to pick up one of his books until I heard him speak and he had the entire room on the floor laughing.  Raney is a small gem with some of the most real people and dialogue I've ever read.  Even though I'm not from that area, it rings true.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Raney is a southern Baptist (and so is everyone she knows); her new husband Charles is a northern liberal.  I laughed out loud because this book struck so many chords in the music of being married!  A lovely gift to yourself.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If you loved Walking Across Egypt, Edgerton's first novel, you'll love this also.  It you haven't read either, pick up Walking...&amp; read it, his best, first.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a re-read for me.  Already a much loved Southern regional novel, it took on new delight when I discovered that Raney's maternal grandparents were Purvis'.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This one was a great vacation read - quick - so funny, especially for a New Englander trying to find her wey in the deep South...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[On of my least favorite <br/>Edgerton books. Normally love his tales set in the South. This one didn't make the mark.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;it got the author in trouble with the southern baptists, which is usually a sign of a good book.&quot;  - john brummett]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The scene with the cabbage core is a classic and I laughed until my sides hurt when Raney went to her husband's church!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Somewhat amusing, but nowhere near as good as another I'd read by him, _Walking Across Egypt_.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[a lot of humor in Clyde Edgerton's books. Also check out &quot;Walking Across Egypt&quot;]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;This book is too good to keep to yourself. Read it aloud with someone you love, then send it to a friend. But be sure to keep a copy for yourself, because you'll want to read it again and again.&quot;-- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey Raney is a small-town Baptist. Charles is a liberal from Atlanta. And <em>Raney</em> is the story of their marriage. Charming, wise, funny, and truthful, it is a novel for everyone to love. &quot;A real jewel.&quot;--<em>Richmond Times-Dispatch</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Edgerton is a master of small gems--warm, funny, southern.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;This book is too good to keep to yourself. Read it aloud with someone you love, then send it to a friend. But be sure to keep a copy for yourself, because you'll want to read it again and again.&quot;<br/>Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey<br/>Raney is a small-town Baptist. Charles is a liberal from Atlanta. And RANEY is the story of their marriage. Charming, wise, funny, and truthful, it is a novel for everyone to love.<br/>&quot;A real jewel.&quot;<br/>RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I did not like this book at all.  ]]></body>
    
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