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My favorite parts were her descriptions of an upper-middle class white woman, Emmy, trying to "find he...more...]]> 71240981 344042 3651 0964561107 9780964561106 22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801m/3651.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801s/3651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3651.When_the_World_Was_Steady 3.03 107 1995 3 0 false Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 19:27:17 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 19:50:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 18604414 141875 3651 0964561107 9780964561106 22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801m/3651.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801s/3651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3651.When_the_World_Was_Steady 3.02 138 1995 2 0 false Mon Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 12:00:56 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 08:08:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 57116290 2145107 3651 0964561107 9780964561106 22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801m/3651.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801s/3651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3651.When_the_World_Was_Steady 3.02 138 1995 2 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 20:52:19 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 20:54:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 38648311 1751010 3651 0964561107 9780964561106 22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801m/3651.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801s/3651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3651.When_the_World_Was_Steady 3.02 138 1995 1 0 true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 14:54:22 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 14:54:22 -0800 2008 22553284 391395 3651 0964561107 9780964561106 22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801m/3651.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801s/3651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3651.When_the_World_Was_Steady 3.02 138 1995 3 0 false Fri Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 09:53:53 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 17:09:09 -0700 2008 "When the World Was Steady" follows the lives of 2 adult sisters by alternating sections devoted to each sister. Both are completely different in the ways th...more...]]> 8545921 93254 174987 0307279510 9780307279514 4 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/17/987/174987-m-1256131492.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/17/987/174987-s-1256131492.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/174987.When_the_World_Was_Steady 3.02 138 1995 3 0 false Thu Nov 01 20:42:24 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 13:33:54 -0800 2007 more...]]> 72673794 2504439 3651 0964561107 9780964561106 22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801m/3651.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801s/3651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3651.When_the_World_Was_Steady 3.02 138 1995 3 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 12:52:27 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 13:55:31 -0700 2009 67084089 1811589 3651 0964561107 9780964561106 22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801m/3651.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801s/3651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3651.When_the_World_Was_Steady 3.02 138 1995 2 0 false Wed Aug 12 09:30:41 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 09:44:01 -0700 2009 52175682 2024548 3651 0964561107 9780964561106 22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801m/3651.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801s/3651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3651.When_the_World_Was_Steady 3.02 138 1995 2 0 false Fri Apr 10 06:59:32 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 07:01:11 -0700 2009 35308754 1568578 3651 0964561107 9780964561106 22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801m/3651.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801s/3651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3651.When_the_World_Was_Steady 3.02 138 1995 5 0 false Tue Oct 14 14:01:16 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 14:11:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5349824 162225 444558 0140141006 9780140141009 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/444558.When_the_World_Was_Steady 3.00 1 1995 3 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 08:16:29 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 15:36:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3757075 40069 174987 0307279510 9780307279514 4 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/17/987/174987-m-1256131492.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/17/987/174987-s-1256131492.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/174987.When_the_World_Was_Steady 3.02 138 1995 2 0 false Sun Jul 29 16:11:20 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 02:44:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 35026624 1514060 3651 0964561107 9780964561106 22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801m/3651.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801s/3651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3651.When_the_World_Was_Steady 3.02 138 1995 3 0 false Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 20:47:09 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 20:49:09 -0700 2008
That said, I think this does read like a first book, which it was for Messud. I absolutely loved The Emperor's Ch...more...]]> 18476575 379313 3651 0964561107 9780964561106 22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801m/3651.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801s/3651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3651.When_the_World_Was_Steady 3.02 138 1995 3 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 23 20:27:31 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 20:28:42 -0700 2008 I feel like I've heard that each of her successive novels gets a lot better, so this was definitely good enough for me to keep the Emp...more...]]> 15185461 752101 3651 0964561107 9780964561106 22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801m/3651.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801s/3651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3651.When_the_World_Was_Steady 3.02 138 1995 3 0 false Mon Feb 11 16:21:28 -0800 2008 Fri Jun 27 22:48:06 -0700 2008 ]]> 831113 3947 174987 0307279510 9780307279514 4 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/17/987/174987-m-1256131492.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/17/987/174987-s-1256131492.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/174987.When_the_World_Was_Steady 3.02 138 1995 3 0 false Sun Apr 22 11:38:42 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 02 07:29:24 -0700 2007 The Emperor's Children.]]> 67650446 1147903 3651 0964561107 9780964561106 22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801m/3651.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801s/3651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3651.When_the_World_Was_Steady 3.02 138 1995 3 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 16:04:18 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 19:45:40 -0700 2009 23203982 236932 3651 0964561107 9780964561106 22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801m/3651.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801s/3651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3651.When_the_World_Was_Steady 3.02 138 1995 3 0 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 06:06:20 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 06:13:37 -0700 2008 29489593 1403975 3651 0964561107 9780964561106 22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801m/3651.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649801s/3651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3651.When_the_World_Was_Steady 3.02 138 1995 1 0 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 22:48:36 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 15:50:15 -0700 2008 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3651