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    <body><![CDATA[I've seen this book a hundred times without realizing that it takes place, in large part, on an island in my very own (adopted) Casco Bay. Shulman has some of the same activist post-mortem feelings that I had after leaving Smith (not that my activism held a candle to hers, or every could), so that a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48270656">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A memoir written by a woman seeking to make changes in her life now that she is fifty years old.  Interesting—I didn’t find myself liking all the things that she did, as I viewed some of her actions as contradictory; i.e. early in the book she moans the disappearance of her beloved mussels and g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11732062">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[During her marriage, they purchase a place 'on the nubble' off the coast of Maine - accessible only by ferry - following the raising of the kids and the distance in her marriage, she (a writer) goes there for months on end to finish a book.  As it turns out, instead of writing she learns how to 'liv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49796699">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ordinarily, I'm not into these kinds of menopausal re-awakening narratives about spending time in delicious solitude discovering the wisdom of nature, and I did, indeed, spend good portions of this book glazing over Shulman's ruminations about the transformative power of secluding oneself in a far-f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49117444">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I had a hard time relating to this woman -- and then at other moments -- I knew exactly what she meant. This is an interesting indulgent memoir of finding self through food and this wonderful world. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i liked this memoir! brings home a lot of points i myself am learning. well written and descriptive. 2 different events going on in her life and both intertwined well. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A wonderful, thought provoking memoir - read my complete review here: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://imponderabilia.blogspot.com/2006/02/drinking-rain-book-review.html" title="http://imponderabilia.blogspot.com/2006/02/drinking-rain-book-review.html">http://imponderabilia.blogspot.com/2006/...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Always inspired by Alix Kates Shulman's writings, this &quot;eco-feminist&quot; memoir was no exception. Written in the mid-1990's this book explored the author's life during her 50's when she underwent a transformative experience moving away from NYC and spending part of each year on an island off ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22806154">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This memoir was okay. I tired of hearing about the seaweed and sea grasses and mollusks, etc. that she was always gathering and preparing. And I always wondered how, with no electricity or running water, she prepared everything so easily. Her ego reminded me a bit of the Eat Pray Love author - a lit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27964117">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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