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    <body><![CDATA[This is my favorite book! For some reason I love stories that are told thru the eyes of a child like this one partly is. I think Elizabeth Berg is one of the best authors out there today and have been rarely disappointed by her books. This is a great story of family and the relationships between sis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10067314">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i was disappointed by the book - the story is compelling, but the author was a nasty little habit of nicely <em>showing</em>, then laboriously <em> telling</em> what the reader already understands quite nicely.  It is as thought she doesn't trust the reader - or herself - to manage without an excess of words.  <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11688149">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[There were aspects I liked and aspects I didn't. Maybe I felt bitter, coming off of some hard publishing house rejections for my own novel. But I kept wondering, &quot;Is this what passes for good writing these days?&quot; It's not that suspenseful of a plot, the writing isn't that amazing; I think ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65994240">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A beautifully written story about a 47 year old woman, who is on her way to meet her sister and their mother, from whom the sisters have been estranged for 35 years.  Their childhood is told in a series of memories and explains how the engaged, loving mother leaves their father and, after a time, de...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35398583">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So, I finished this book in a little less than two days.  It's a good character study --- simply put, you will not like the main character unless you are exactly like her.  She's a bit one-dimensional in the fact that she refuses to widen her view of the world.<br/><br/>These days, most everyone h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35151224">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I nearly read this book in one day.  The novel is ultimately about forgiveness and how important family relationships are.  The book begins with Ginny, a middle age woman, flying on an airplane to see her mother who she hasn't seen in thirty-five years.  As she flies in the air she reconstructs the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30903401">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have enjoyed everything I've read by Elizabeth Berg.<br/>She has &quot;emotional honesty and a true understanding of<br/>people and relationships.&quot;  She writes of complex<br/>family relationships and the 35-year estrangement two<br/>sisters have from their mother.  Elizabeth Berg is a<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45066688">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I just had to give this Berg novel a &quot;5&quot;!! I loved this story.  Ginny is a 45 year old woman and is reuniting with her estranged mother after 30 years. Her mother left her family (husband and two daughters) to find herself and they grew apart. Ginny and her sister, Sharla, grew up with a s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50086146">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think Berg is a great writer.  I was able to grasp the intensity of each characters feelings in a very simple way.  A great read about forgiveness and family relations.  I loved reading the story through a 12 year olds eyes.  sometimes things are not what they seem because of young perspectives.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49967864">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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