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  <title><![CDATA[That Eye, the Sky]]></title>
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  <default_description>In this modern Australian classic, award-winning author Tim Winton tells the story of young Ort Flack and his struggle to come to grips with the forces pulling his family apart. An extraordinary snapshot of boyhood, &lt;I&gt;That Eye, the Sky&lt;/I&gt; is also a powerful exploration of the nature of hope and faith. &lt;P&gt;Ort doesn't have a bad life. He mucks around with his best pal, Fat Cherry; he wonders what his sister Tegwyn's so mad about and why his grandma's disappeared inside herself; he looks up at the sky and thinks it's like a big blue eye looking right back at him. But when Dad isn't back from work when he's supposed to be and a strange car pulls into the drive, Ort's life is thrown into turmoil. Suddenly, Mum doesn't seem as strong as she used to, Fat starts saying bad things, and the stranger knocking on the door seems to know an awful lot about the Flacks.&lt;P&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1986</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Tim Winton]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have just finished reading this and feel that I might have to re-read it at some point, purely because I have come away wondering about the sanity of both Ort &amp; his mother; were they not in fact a little bit on the slow side, I wonder.<br/>Forget all the religion in this book for a moment, even t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65659614">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would recommend that eye, the sky to fiction readers, but a lot of people will probably go away from it unsatisfied. There is a LOT to this story for which the author leaves no explanation and this may frustrate some people. Me, I love quirky writing and I know that I'll be mulling this book over ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15236527">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73455782">
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Oct 04 18:19:55 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A coming of age story with some subtle shocks. Classic Winton.]]></body>
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    <review id="64973346">
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  <read_at>Tue May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[UHRL, audio book<br/><br/>Made no entry for this story.]]></body>
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    <review id="11580257">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[you! sucka!]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Jan 03 17:11:20 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sort of a tough nut to crack but I'll go ahead and &quot;go there&quot;.  A Piognant story of a young crazy boy who's too poor to know nuthin' and makes you want to cry with his simple mind and great big heart.   But a little bit boring at times.  Only due to the subject matter and you know,  austra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11580257">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75679628">
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[this book was a little more wack than Winton's usual fare.  I got to the end and thought, &quot;woah. I need to reread this book.&quot;  so it sits on my bedside table, waiting for me to reread it.]]></body>
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    <review id="25003756">
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  <date_added>Fri Jun 20 13:03:00 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[How good is your grasp of Australian slang?  That is the only factor that could impede your enjoyment of this seemingly simple but surprisingly potent novel.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25003756]]></url>
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    <review id="2069150">
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    <body><![CDATA[first book i'd read where people spoke strayan. city meets the country and kids grow up.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i read this so long ago, but i remember loving it and wishing it had been longer. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the greatest books ever!]]></body>
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