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  <title><![CDATA[The Coal Tattoo: A Novel]]></title>
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  <default_description>Life isn&amp;#8217;t easy for twenty-two year old Easter and her teenage sister Anneth, who were left parentless as young children. While Easter, a devout Pentecostal, finds solace in the powerful music of her church, Anneth seeks comfort in the rougher edges of life found in dancing, drinking, and fast living. Easter believes in tradition and is intent on rearing her wild young sister properly, but it&amp;#8217;s only a matter of time before a wedge is driven between them&amp;#8211;and threatens to undo their bond forever. . . .</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2004</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Silas House]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't believe I only just found out about Silas House. This story about sisters Edith and Anneth living in Kentucky coal mining territory during the 1960s was amazing. In fact, I wish this book was about 200 pages longer because I became so attached to the characters. House has great insight into ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7797833">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 23 09:41:46 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 23 09:53:57 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this audio book up recently at the library to listen to on a trip.  The hardcover edition has been sitting on my bookshelf, in queue to read, along with two other novels by House since I saw him speak when I was in college.<br/><br/>The imagery in this novel is really beautiful.  Growing ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78744537">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66301021">
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 05 09:48:24 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 05 09:49:27 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the third book I've read recently (with My Sister's Keeper &amp; Fall on Your Knees) about sisters--a &quot;good&quot; sister &amp; a &quot;bad&quot; (but good-hearted) one. This one is less plot-driven than the other two, focused more on the sisters' relationship and, even more, on their relationsh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66301021">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="27890100">
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    <name><![CDATA[Ernie]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jul 21 15:23:38 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 27 10:19:23 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well written.  Story is about the relationship between two sisters in rural Eastern Kentucky. The people about them are two-dimensional but allows the author to make his points about the sisters.  Poetic.  The story deals with two sisters who inherit the world of their grandparents ... but which is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27890100">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Apr 12 15:31:50 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Apr 19 07:05:05 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the first time I read Silas House. (I picked up b/c Bloomington  &amp; Normal Public Libraries were reading it and looked interesting) Seems like he has a real handle on women and their emotions. I liked how it was written. I was a bit disappointed to not find out if Bradley was alive or not. I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52419288">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43844939">
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    <name><![CDATA[Aubrie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Salt Lake City, UT]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 21 13:46:10 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 23 11:45:29 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book and got really caught up in the story and the writing style. I, like some other reviewers here, did not really connect to the characters. However, this did not detract from my enjoyment of the story. I do have to say that I got a bit confused about which character was whic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43844939">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42854373">
    <user id="1900807">
    <name><![CDATA[Kasey]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[La Crosse, WI]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Mon Jan 12 19:11:48 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 12 19:12:24 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This author is unbelievably talented. I read this book in 2 days, I just couldn't put it down. I really felt the character's happiness and heartaches. He has a style of writing that is poetic, yet crystal clear. If you order this book- and you should, you will also want to order &quot;Clay's Quilt&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42854373">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50796036">
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    <name><![CDATA[Cathy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Dayton, OH]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Mar 29 07:36:26 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 05 22:46:46 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Quite a while ago, I found this website:<br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://infohost.nmt.edu/~breynold/quiltfiction_adult.html" title="http://infohost.nmt.edu/~breynold/quiltfiction_adult.html">http://infohost.nmt.edu/~breynold/quiltf...</a> and decided to read all the quilting fiction I could find. I'm still working on this list because I keep getting side tracked by other books the authors have written.<br/><br/>I'm guessing in 2003 I read &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50796036">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42559142">
    <user id="1884283">
    <name><![CDATA[Melanie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Ft Mitchell, KY]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jan 10 08:02:10 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 10 08:04:04 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I quit halfway through.  Nice writing, but the characters were boring--couldn't find reasons to care enough about them to finish the book.]]></body>
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    <review id="554978">
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    <name><![CDATA[Lake]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Lake Oswego, OR]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Tue Apr 03 14:59:54 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sisters Anneth and Easter of Black Banks, Kentucky, are opposite sides of a coin, one a fast and flashy manic depressive, the other a quiet born-again Christian. Despite their wildly different approaches to life, their devotion to each other makes them steadfast allies when a mining company threaten...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/554978">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="56814031">
    <user id="2224648">
    <name><![CDATA[Wendy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed May 20 20:15:31 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The author didn't stretch too much to create the main characters - sisters who are opposites.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="30537578">
    <user id="1419729">
    <name><![CDATA[Connie]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 17 15:44:16 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Jan 17 15:44:16 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like most books or authors who are popular, I wait to read them until they are not quite in the limelight; thus, I can read and react without being influenced by the opinions of others.  This book was a pleasant surprise.  Not only was the family relationship between the two sisters, who are very di...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30537578">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="57572854">
    <user id="276558">
    <name><![CDATA[Jason]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Grand Junction, CO]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good writing.]]></body>
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    <review id="38230019">
    <user id="1585567">
    <name><![CDATA[Marykickel]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 31 14:51:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It had a slow start. I read the first two chapters and thought &quot;I cannot remember anything that I read.&quot; It gets more interesting. Personally, if I was the editor, I would've gotten out a bigger thicker black magic marker and crossed out more of this book. There seems to be so much extra w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38230019">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="25737635">
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    <name><![CDATA[Carol]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A period book in the late 50's early 60's. Two female sister leads with strong and opposite personalities. The story is set in a Kentucky coal mining town. The main character is Anneth and her sister Easter. Anneth is a free spirit and full of life, Easter is prim and full of reverence. Both are con...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25737635">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36754200">
    <user id="1650869">
    <name><![CDATA[Jennifer]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Franklin, OH]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The 2 main charachters, Anneth &amp; Easter were some of the most unlikeable people ever. Anneth was selfish and childish and Easter was pious and they both suffered from bipolar disorder.  Set in the back drop of Appalacian KY, these people could have easily been my hillbilly cousins so I didn't even l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36754200">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32587936">
    <user id="1489863">
    <name><![CDATA[Amy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Harrogate, TN]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Sep 03 09:28:37 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Absolutely loved it.  And I'm really honored to be able to say that the author is both my friend and mentor.  This is the third of three books that are a loose trilogy about a Kentucky family living in coal mining country.  The relationships Silas describes and the scenes he paints are just beautifu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32587936">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="6693344">
    <user id="411814">
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  <read_at>Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Silas House weaves rich stories of family and relationships. He lives in Eastern Kentucky and his characters seem so real. This book should be read in with his other two books Clay's Quilt and A Parchment of Leaves. His next book is due on shelves in early 2008 and I can't wait!]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked his personal writing style and characters.  I also enjoyed the glimpse of life in the Eastern Kentucky region, which I'm sure closely resembles my grandparents' lives close to this time.  I found the relationship between the sisters very interesting.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[My first book I've read by Silas House. I wasn't very drawn to the book initially, but somewhere between the beginning and the end, I wanted to know more about these women and their lives. Details are fantastic, and I can almost hear the music infused in the book.]]></body>
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