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  <title><![CDATA[Tethered: A Novel]]></title>
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  <default_description>Clara Marsh is an undertaker who doesn&#8217;t believe in God. She spends her solitary life among the dead, preparing their last baths and bidding them farewell with a bouquet from her own garden. Her carefully structured life shifts when she discovers a neglected little girl, Trecie, playing in the funeral parlor, desperate for a friend.

It changes even more when Detective Mike Sullivan starts questioning her again about a body she prepared three years ago, an unidentified girl found murdered in a nearby strip of woods. Unclaimed by family, the community christened her Precious Doe. When Clara and Mike learn Trecie may be involved with the same people who killed Precious Doe, Clara must choose between the stead-fast existence of loneliness and the perils of binding one&#8217;s life to another.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_day type="integer">12</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">8</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2008</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Tethered: A Novel</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Amy MacKinnon]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[lovers of well written 1st novels / fans of Jeff Lindsey's Dexter novels]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Aug 08 06:27:28 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 11 06:30:15 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book came into the library yesterday and I read the first few pages while cataloging it--I can't wait to read more! Ms. MacKinnon has put together beautiful sentences, paragraphs and I'm confident a beautiful novel.<br/><br/>I can't think of any other novels with undertakers as the main chara...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29597088">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue Jul 15 07:14:39 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 22 14:09:47 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very compelling and multilayered novel with beautiful, damaged characters.  The story was so intriguing that, much to my dismay because I had to get up early, I found myself reading into the morning hours because I couldn't close the book without knowing what happened next. I also found i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27299990">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="30227808">
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  <date_added>Fri Aug 15 09:59:56 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Aug 30 14:50:20 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dark, but not as sinister as Sharp Objects. When not tending to bodies, Clara tends her garden and hides from her painful past. But when a mysterious and lonely little girl begins to hang out at the funeral parlor, Clara becomes involved in saving her.<br/>There is not an excess word here - it is s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30227808">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="26323318">
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  <date_added>Fri Jul 04 17:04:37 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 04 17:05:06 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I received this book, and finished it within 3 days, while working full time. I was hooked from the first sentence, and the writing was great. The main character is an undertaker, who has flaws, and I came to know her and understand her. This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. Even...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26323318">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="31060657">
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  <date_added>Sun Aug 24 10:30:02 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 24 10:32:05 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a spooky new novel about a young woman undertaker (you learn &quot;more than you want to know&quot; about the job of preparing bodies) and her relationship with a mysterious little girl who suddenly starts visiting her and then vanishing.  You wonder if this is a ghost, but you are also caug...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31060657">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="26305914">
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  <date_added>Fri Jul 04 12:07:24 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 29 09:42:14 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was lucky enough to snag a review copy at BEA.  It's not what I normally read (I'm kind of wimpy when it comes to issues of child abuse), but this is a beautiful book.  It will stay with you!]]></body>
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    <review id="29966034">
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 16 10:17:49 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 12 13:42:27 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Aug 16 10:17:49 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm realizing I'm terrible at updating my GoodReads picks...come to my website and listen to the interview with Amy and how I gush all over her about Tether--I loved this book!]]></body>
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    <review id="32988311">
    <user id="684027">
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 16 04:40:02 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 07 05:55:58 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A riveting debut, Tethered is a story about a quiet, reclusive undertaker, Clara Marsh, who unwittingly gets swept into an unsolved murder mystery involving Precious Doe, an unidentified little girl that Clara herself compassionately prepared for burial a few years earlier. As the mystery deepens, C...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32988311">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32834800">
    <user id="1390765">
    <name><![CDATA[Diane]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Tethered, is a debut novel (just 257 pages) by Amy MacKinnon; it was released last month. The premise intrigued me:<br/><br/>Clara Marsh, is an emotionally fragile woman who works as an undertaker in Brockton, MA. She does not believe in God. When asked what she does believe, she responds by sayin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32834800">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="30237752">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Aug 15 11:32:56 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 02 18:16:13 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This may very well be my favorite book of the year. I was instantly pulled into the book by the end of the first page. I'm having trouble putting into words how this book made me feel. I wavered in-between sadness, fear, grief, and then joy. The final pages in this book are some of the best writing ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30237752">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="25885102">
    <user id="996041">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Mystery lovers]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't usually read murder mysteries, as I a find reading about violent crimes disturbing.  However, the setting and main character intrigued me and keep me interested in the story.  About a third of the way into the story the mystery/suspense grabed me and I found myself staying up until the early...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25885102">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Amy uses much description in Tethered and writes beautifully, however, I like things to move a bit faster and  found myself skipping over many 'descriptive' paragraphs. I wanted to get to the bones of the story; but to do this, I had to remove layer upon layer of description.<br/>I loved the premis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30092729">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Oct 03 06:38:55 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite reads this year. The book is beautifully written and filled with wonderful characters. I think I may have even fallen in love with Mike. I found myself thinking about this book during the times I was unable to actually be reading it and could not wait to get back to it aga...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30806962">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="27637351">
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  <read_at>Fri Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is riveting.  Between the complex characters, the multi-dimensional plot and the wonderful writing with it's metaphysical twist, I could not put this book down.  I loved the darkness of the book and the solitude of Clara, and Linus' compassion.  ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of the most depressing books I've read in a while - not because of the subject matter, but the narrator's outlook was very bleak. I had the ending pegged from the beginning, but that was all right - it was still very worth the read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A gorgeous book by my friend and member of my writers' group. MacKinnon is a brilliant writer, and her strong debut positions her as a writer to watch. Be prepared for Tethered to stay with you long after you read the last page.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Beautifully written with sympathetic characters and an imaginative story line. Although the novel does deal with child abuse, the squeamish can probably read it  because the graphic parts take place off screen.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Jul 24 14:44:05 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved the main character in this book - Clara Marsh.  Incredibly complex, at once resilient and fragile, she is a wonderfully drawn character I will not soon forget.  I loved Tethered!]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very good book! Very detailed writing and fooled me several times into believing one thing and it turned out to be something else.  Quick read and worth reading.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Nov 17 14:48:22 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this, although it isn't a typical book I would read. I was intrigued by an author interview where she commented that undertakers were typically people of faith. In this case, the main character Clara, is an undertaker without faith. Most of the story reads very closely to The Almost...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34742073">more...</a>]]></body>
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