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    <body><![CDATA[The Moonflower Vine, by Jetta Carlson, was originally published in 1962, is an old favorite my sister and I discovered years ago.  I liked it so much, I bought my own hardcopy (the original being my sister's), as well as a beat up paperback to carry in my beach bag.  It is the story of four sisters ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65869101">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A coworker mentioned off-the-cuff the other day about how it is her favorite book.  Besides the general recommendation of a &quot;good&quot; book, I am constantly curious as to what attracts a certain person to a specific book.  In other words, I wanted to see what I could learn about my coworker fr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50989638">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The first section of this book is deceptive in its simple, happily harmonious narrative of a family living in mid-century rural Missouri. There are suggestions of family struggle and conflict, but the tone centers on the family's values concerning God and hard work. It is only as you stride deeper i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69790362">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[At the beginning of the book adult three sisters are back home on a farm in Missouri visiting their parents.  We gradually get to know them, and the fourth sister.  Remembered events in one chapter turn up in another, only with a different spin.  <br/>The action starts in the early 1950s and goes b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77446229">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Marvelous book!  I could hardly put it down.  Only book by this author who is now dead; originally published in 1962, and now brought back as a rediscovered classic. Story of a family living in Missouri around turn of the nineteenth century.  First chapter introduces them as the adult children are m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77141621">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this book- 3.5! I felt like it ended to fast, like the author felt she had to end it even though there was a little more story to be told.  I love the idea of a &quot;moonflower vine&quot;.  I really want to see one bloom at least once in my life.  The idea that the author only wrote ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74689104">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this book was originally published in 1962, but its story is still very relevant in my opinion.  the book is about a family living on a farm in western MO during the first half of the twentieth century.  The story is about their lives and while it seems simple at first, the relationships are actuall...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68541436">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I remember reading this when I was fifteen or sixteen.  It was a Reader's Digest Condensed Book.  I think I was with my mom visiting a friend of hers and I was really bored.  The book was lying there and I started reading.  It was that good because I finished it by the time we left. (Of course it wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59369684">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I revisited this classic which takes place during the first half of the twentieth century, during the great depression from which my mother and her siblings were born and raised.<br/> <br/>I enjoyed reading about a much simpler time in America, a time for families and enjoying the gifts of nature....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62747674">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[On oldy but a goody.  Recently brought back into print and well worth the read.  Beautifully written story of a farming family facing their relationships with eachother and overcoming their own issues to accept one another and the choices of each daughter.  The Moonflower is a flower that only bloom...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69786347">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a huge bestseller in the 60s and then faded into obscurity, and now it's being republished in april. it's the story of a family in rural missouri from around 1900-1955, and it's amazing. so beautiful, so real. it reminded me of stormy weather by paulette jiles (another favorite of mine...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42448313">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the best books I have ever read.  It follows a turn of the century (20th that is) Missouri farm family through several decades.  Each member of the Soames family is portrayed with love and grace, but without romanticism or pity.]]></body>
    
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