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    <body><![CDATA[A sweet, often funny memoir of starting over.  The author (post-divorce) and her 12 year old daughter start anew when they buy a run down beach house and six baby chickens.  Both the house and the chickens unnecessarily complicate Catherine Goldhammer's already stressed life but those very same comp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67522608">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was okay, and a very fast read. It reminds me of a cross between &quot;Eat, Pray, Love&quot; and the &quot;farming saved my life&quot; genre of memoirs.  The author is recovering from a divorce and she and her young daughter start a new life in a fixer-upper house with six chickens, their ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68537933">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like books about starting over -- especially one that have to do with starting over in a house by the sea.  This a  memoir of someone who starts life over after a divorce with her young daughter.  The chickens add a whole new dimension.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this little read. The author tells a sweet story about starting over and the small things that bring her joy (and trouble) along the way to her new life. A bit sappy at moments, i did not mind. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Catherine Goldhammer's funny, poignant memoir is of a woman's midlife starting over in a cottage by the sea...complete with unpredictable chickens and other challenges. (Hudson Street Press)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book as a quick, light-hearted read. It was funny without being over the top, and Catherine is easily relatable if you have been/are going through a divorce or were ever the child of a divorce.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved the way this book wasn't a sob story. She's getting a divorce and starting over--it could have been quite the dram. Instead, she offers beautiful language and restraint.  ]]></body>
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