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    <body><![CDATA[I read an advance copy. To be honest, I am not usually a literary fiction reader. My choices tend towards non-fiction politics, history, Judaica and detective/thriller types. However, due to personal connections, I received a copy of &quot;Ocean.&quot;<br/>It's a great tale well told. At varying ti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27120826">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read an ARC of this book and had high hopes for it. While the prose was pretty and her descriptions had me feeling the heat rising off the desert pavement, I could never manage to like the characters who all seemed too self-absorbed. Almost every character had a point of view and she frequently ch...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22654633">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am surprised as I read most of the reviews of this book considering I did not enjoy the novel AT ALL.  I read through it, but was disappointed at nearly every turn.  Maybe I am a shallow reader, but I could not connect to any of the characters, particularly the main character.  In fact, I was repu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37635326">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As reviewed on my website: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://fictionwritersreview.com">http://fictionwritersreview.com</a><br/><br/><em>How Far is the Ocean from Here</em>, Amy Shearn’s captivating debut, follows a young surrogate mother who flees to the desert shortly before her due date.<br/><br/>Accomplishing a seemingly impossible goal, the novel sustains the q...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33365561">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[n How Far Is the Ocean from Here, author Amy Shearn examines the ripple effects of a single decision, and the unlikely relationships formed when strangers need a family more than they need familiarity.<br/><br/>Susannah Prue signed on to a be a surrogate to matter to someone, to get attention for ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29192018">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A woman running away from something! The desert! A motel filled with quirky and strange characters! Unrequited love and doomed friendship and unlikely families! How Far is the Ocean From Here has so many of the elements that I love most in fiction (and in life) and the things that Amy Shearn is able...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12662541">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was OK- the author's first novel. The plot is interesting- definitely different from the norm: a young surrogate freaks out and runs away from Chicago without telling anyone, so the parents are rightfully very upset. She ends up in the desert at a roadside motel and the parents eventually figur...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35284098">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't believe I never heard of this book. It was delicious. The characters were so pitiful and pitiable, I just wanted to protect them and comfort them. The prose was so moving and beautiful, almost poetic. It mesmerizes the reader from the opening sentence.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great concept.  But I wasn't sure what to feel for any of the characters.  I pretty much despised all of them except for Frankie and his aunt by the end.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I hated this book. I didn't finish it. I disliked all the characters and felt sorry that the author seemed to be so jaded.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Didn't really care for this book (neither did the rest in our Book Club) ... hence the reason I forgot follow-up and write my review on GoodReads.<br/>The story was a mix between the lady who had her baby in WalMart and Juno and Little Miss Sunshine and at the end Jodi Picoult-ish.  But not as well...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42754677">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[the language in this book is so fluid and precise that reading it felt ethereal and familiar -- like dreaming a dream so vivid you'd swear it was real; the story reveals itself organically, the plotlines weaving back and forth, it was a thrill to read, and a book i felt completely invested in withou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7610487">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Her language is beautiful. The author (Amy Shearn) just happens to be a friend, so I am just now starting to get over the fact that I have this gorgeous book on my coffee table that someone I know wrote. A novelist! Once I get over that hurdle of notoriety I can start to read this lovely work of fic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29405154">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although I could be biased since this is Matt's sister-in-law, I really loved this book. It was pretty easy read with interesting, non-typical  characters. It was also easy for me to lose myself in the book and not hear Amy's voice. ]]></body>
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