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  <title><![CDATA[It's Not About Me (A Second Glances Novel, #1)]]></title>
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  <default-description>Annie has it all. She's attractive, graduated with honors, was accepted at the college of her choice, has supportive parents, good friends, and a steady boyfriend who loves her. One night when an unexpected visitor appears, Annie's safe world is destroyed. As she tries to recover the pieces of her broken life, a war ensues between two brothers who both claim to have her best interests at heart. But who will Annie choose? Or will she decide to turn her life in a different direction?</default-description>
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  <original-publication-month type="integer">9</original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">2008</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>It's Not About Me (A Second Glances Novel, #1)</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Michelle Sutton]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved it. Of course, I also wrote the novel. &lt;VBG&gt;]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Aug 21 14:38:10 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked up IT'S NOT ABOUT ME intending to glance at a page or two, and ended up spending the entire day glued to the story. This book handles some tough issues with sensitivity and grace. Besides that, it's just a GOOD story! The hero is incredibly romantic, and the heroine so realistic she brought...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30824738">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Nov 23 21:30:17 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 23 21:35:48 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[ I told Michelle I wasn't fit to write a review of this book and I still don't believe I am, but I'm going to give it a fair shot! It's good! THERE! That's my review! Naw, not really!<br/>Man! Where does one begin?!? Two brothers, a beautiful girl, one using charm and good looks to get her, the oth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38504814">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Nov 10 19:12:28 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Michelle Sutton has brought the events of this short span of Annie’s experience to life and penned a collection of vivid characters that will live on for the reader beyond closing this book. I am amazed at the debut authors I am discovering who have a power with words that I have rarely seen over ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34520466">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32527741">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[mature teens and young adults]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 10 09:52:31 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 01 09:59:41 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Having read a bunch of reviews of this book before I was able to get my hands on a copy I had several thoughts about what to expect. In starting the first and second chapter I was extremely hesitant. It was reminiscent to a time that I would gladly leave in my past memories and never go back to refl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32527741">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Aug 29 13:42:41 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I’ve always loved the song Beauty from Ashes. To me, there is no better way to describe God’s hand in our lives. He loves us so much, and although we sometimes go through horrible circumstances, if we allow him, God can lift us from that horrible, dark place and set us one a new path, filled wit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31543747">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[IT’S NOT ABOUT ME, BY MICHELLE SUTTON<br/><br/>Finally! In an amoral society that pushes young people to the edge, we have an “edgy” novel that pushes right back! Kudos to Michelle Sutton for her debut novel, It’s Not About Me, which confronts real problems encountered by real youth—sexu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19327672">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's Not About Me is a great book. I couldn't hardly stop reading it till it was finished.<br/><br/>Annie thought she had everything going for her, she went to church, she had a loving family, and a boyfriend who lover her. Then something happens and everything changes. Annie starts to learn that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18462134">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_updated>Sun Nov 30 23:02:38 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had been wanting to read Michelle Sutton's debut novel and had been hearing really good things about it. Well, it did not disappoint. I actually started it at 12:30 am one night as I went to bed - I put it down at 4:01 am when I finished - it just kept me flipping the pages to see what would happe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37437792">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oooo la la la....magnifique. That's what, It's Not About Me, is. A very emotionally satisfying, romance-filled, edgy story. Michelle is a very gifted writer whose writing style is quite unique. And she's not afraid to touch on, well, touchy subjects, and she handles them extremely well. A must read ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46918742">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Dealing with hormones and peer pressure about sex causes stress for all teenagers--even Christians. Throw in a horrifying assault and the low esteem that follows, and you'll have to fight to keep your faith as well as your principals. Michelle Sutton doesn’t mince words about the sensual, ed...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30723347">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's Not About Me is a terrific book that doesn't tiptoe around real issues. As a former high school teacher and a mother of teenagers, I found this book to be written with an authentic voice. Sutton focuses on issues that face today's youth such as sex, alcoholism, shaky faith and the struggle to d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49434456">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Instead of dealing with timely issues like alcoholism, premarital sex and pornography in a preachy, oh-so-tired fashion, Michelle Sutton's It's Not About Me gets to the heart of the matter with a shocking dose of realism and poignant storytelling. From the first paragraph, Sutton weaves together a t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21628489">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Michelle Sutton’s It’s Not About Me tackles many issues: temptation, deception, forgiveness, and trust, to name a few. The story is most strong when its players are weak. Readers will identify with Annie, Dan, Tony, and maybe even Susie, because these characters struggle—as we all do—with ve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21198660">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="19819361">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Everyone]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought Michelle did a wonderful job with her first book. She did a great job with tackling tough subjects. Subjects that most people try to stray away from. She also does a fantastic job with making her characters come alive. The things that she has them go through is not easy at all, but it's re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19819361">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18559068">
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  <read_at>Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I could not put it down today because i knew it would change by end of the story. It brought my tears and joy for what great scene of heronic has a good heart to Annie. this is best story I ever read it. It feels it is real life story of teens today . <br/><br/>Awesome job Michelle..]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Michelle Sutton's gritty writing style will very likely go straight to the hearts of teens, addressing what they deal with every day in what is all too often grim reality for our youth. Sutton is no doubt a refreshing and much needed voice in today's YA fiction.&quot;<br/><br/> <br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a terrific, edgy, gritty novel for young adults about the pressures put on girls to have sex. The author writes with a unique, authentic voice that will gain a lot of fans!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[haven't read it yet but it sounds good. will definately try to bug my library into buying it. ;D]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Most Christian books dance around the subject of sex and the repercussions, especially at the teen-age level. This one wades right in and lays it on the line. A couple of the scenes get somewhat graphical in nature, making it seem more real. They may make the Puritan types queasy and even cause them...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32766803">more...</a>]]></body>
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