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  <title><![CDATA[The Glass Lake]]></title>
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  <default_description>In the tradition of her beloved novel  Circle of Friends, Irish novelist Maeve Binchey offers a wonderful old-fashioned melodrama with  a contemporary cast of compelling characters.  A sly, seductive, and  compulsively readable book, perfect for rainy afternoons and late nights  in bed.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1994</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Glass Lake</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Maeve Binchy]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[A light read that completely entertains.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[listened to this one on audio–21 discs! holy longness. read by barbara caruso who is a masterful narrator, i was able to stick with this story until the end, but at about disc 9 i was wondering what the heck else the story was going to be about and… it kept going! by the end, i cared deeply for ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21166230">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="17733741">
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  <date_added>Fri Mar 14 07:23:58 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[WOW! ok so I really liked the beginning of this book. it was haunting &amp; mysterious. and then i HATED one of the main characters. and i couldn't get over what an idiot she was. but i finished it. and it was only ok. and i don't recommend it to anyone! the only thing i liked about this book is that th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17733741">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="56379140">
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  <read_at>Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love me some Maeve Binchy.  When I read her books, I want to be Irish, own a pub, and live in a tiny town.  I can hardly read one of her books without developing a fierce hankering for corned beef and cabbage. <br/><br/>In typical Binchy style - we're immediately drawn into the life of a simple ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56379140">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60299849">
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book at the very start.  You follow two young girls, Kit (Mary Katherine) and Clio, while learning about their town of Lough Glass.  The whole story is more about Kit and her family.  Her father, Martin, is the town pharmacist.  Her mother, Helen, was in love with another man when she m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60299849">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63010311">
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Set in the 1950’s in a small Irish Village of Lough Glass, Maeve Binchy tells the story of Kit McMahon. When Kit is 12 her mother disappears believed to be drowned. The story follows the lives of Kit, her family and those they interact with exploring how this tragedy impacts on everyone for many y...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63010311">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51132573">
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Night after night the beautiful woman walked beside the serene waters of Lough Glass. Until the day she disappeared leaving only a boat drifting upside down on the unfathomable lake that gave the town its name.  Ravishing Helen McMahon, the Dubliner with the film-star looks and unfulfilled dreams, n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51132573">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59685137">
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  <read_at>Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just finished reading “The Glass Lake.”   For me to take on a 700+ page book is incredible in and of itself plus read a book club book at the same time.  My daughter had encouraged me to read it and I finally felt this month that I could read it along with my book club book.  I got really invo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59685137">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76860187">
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    <body><![CDATA[A very intriguing premise for a story.  An Irish housewife decides to leave her family to be reunited with an old flame.  She leaves a letter for her husband explaining her decision.  Her daughter finds the sealed envelope and, believing it to be a suicide note, she burns it - because if it is disco...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76860187">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I started out not wanting to like this book: the basic premise drove me nuts, with the miscommunications and the mother abandoning her family.  But despite the rocky beginning, it really pulled me in, and I actually really liked the lessons one could draw from it in the end.  The writing is fairly s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77874696">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am especially impressed by two aspects of Binchy's writing: the translucence of the writing (I submerge myself into the story without noticing sentence structure, word choice, etc.), and the gradual characterization of each of her main characters. This is the second book I've read by this author a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74180231">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="56765863">
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    <body><![CDATA[  My mother is a big Maeve Binchey fan (in fact, she has a whole line-up of Binchey novels that takes up most of a shelf).  She mailed me her copy of <em>The Glass Lake</em>, which is quite hefty and long, but very interesting from start to finish.  The story takes place in mid-20th-century Ireland and Engla...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56765863">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoy this book and have probably read it a dozen times.  It is about a woman who leaves her family for the man she always loved and then discovers he wasn't worth it.  Meanwhile her family believe her to be dead and she finds a way to write to her daughter under a different identity.]]></body>
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    <review id="62560882">
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    <body><![CDATA[I haven't read everything by Binchy, but I think this might be my favorite of her books so far.  The story really grabbed me.  I loved the characters and really cared about what happened to them, even when I didn't like them or agree with their choices.  The hermit nun who lives outside the town, is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62560882">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63049283">
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    <body><![CDATA[This book had some parts that semmed to drag on &amp; was a bit predictable, which is why I only gave it 4 stars. Once I got passed the slow beginning, it pulled me in &amp; I didn't want to put it down. In my own personal prejudices, I never thought I could feel for a mother who abandons her children. But ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63049283">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47003209">
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    <body><![CDATA[About a woman who abandoned her family for a former love only to have the family wrongly think she is dead. She creates the new life but is unhappy and he finally abandons her for a much younger woman. The daughter Kit discovers she is alive and has a relationship with her.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="43126234">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a wonderful absorbing book. You feel part of the story, one of the characters, it's also very dark and scandalous. However I dod feel that it was dragged out a bit too much it didn't need to tell some parts of the story but KEEP GOING because it's worth it !!!!!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought that the story had been told about half way into the book and after reading through a few hundred more pages the end of the book wrapped everything together with the second generation of characters. <br/><br/>What I learned: We inherit more than physical traits from our parents: history ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23816175">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another very enjoyable read from Maeve Binchy--The delightfully Irish flavor of the characters is always delightful.  The plot is constructed of short stories, but all with interconnected characters.  This is a  well-written, &quot;Feel good&quot; book, but not too sweet.]]></body>
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