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    <body><![CDATA[Alice Hoffman leaves the temperate Northeast and heads south to Verity, a fictional town that &quot;is home to more divorced women from New York than any other town in the state of Florida.&quot; As with other Hoffman books, it's difficult to pin down a protagonist, but the action revolves around a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50956849">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first Hoffman book that I ever read (it was recommended to me by another librarian--Karlan Sick).  It started me on a frenzy of reading her books.  I read everything of hers that had been published up to then, and I've read most of her books since.  She's one of my very favorite authors.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It took ten years, but I finally finished &quot;Turtle Moon&quot; by Alice Hoffman, an off-beat magical, romantic, mystery journey that several characters embark on after a runaway wife is murdered and her baby taken. Some reviewers called this novel suspenseful and thrilling, but its beat sways to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21914862">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Recent rants about Alice Hoffman books obviously didn't hold me back from trying another one. In this case, I'm glad I did. While it still took me a little while to get used to the drawn out descriptions, &quot;Turtle Moon&quot; turned out to be a great read. <br/><br/>In a small town called Verit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7500145">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought this book today for a long subway ride to Morningside Heights. I thought I'd read a chapter or two. I finished it a few minutes ago. I tried to do other things but I just couldn't put this book down. Like a lot of Alice Hoffman's work, it has a magical realistic touch. And unlike a lot of m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22847391">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44624065">
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    <body><![CDATA[I like Alice Hoffman.  So many times she captures the mood and essence of a place.  While this was not one of my more favorite of hers, she got the description of the South in the the hot season spot on:<br/><br/><em><blockquote>  It isn't the humidity, or even the heat, which is so fierce and sudden it can make ...</blockquote></em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44624065">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book centers on a small town in Florida that seems to draw single mom's running from their past. They all know each other in a vague sort of way. They know each other in a superficial way but they keep their secrets to themselves. Until one of them is murdered . . <br/><br/>Lucy's young, trou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77207063">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Take another journey into the heart. That is what all of Alice Hoffman's books will do for you. She is an old soul who knows how to spin a fantastic tale ripe with the beingness of the human experience. This book is no exception.<br/><br/>Turtle Moon was actually the first of her books which I rea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73419217">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ It was an okay read and kept me interested. It seemed like it meandered a lot, though. It just kind of drifted and things happened but they weren't written with any intensity or heat so the parts that could have beenb tense and suspensful were dragged down. Even the one action part felt bogged down...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57114499">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ There is something about Florida that inspires a subset of American literature that is both tragic and comedic in the same breath. It's probably the closest that American literature comes to magical realism.<br/><br/>Turtle Moon by Alice Hoffman is a perfect example of a Floridian novel. It is se...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5222434">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a captivating novel! I definitely enjoyed this one.<br/><br/>&quot;Welcome to Verity-home of more divorced women from New York than any other town in the state of Florida. Where Lucy Rosen has moved to get away from her ex. Where Officer Julian Cash watches over the town with a fierce German ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50075443">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my first Alice Hoffman novel and she immediately became my absolute favourite author.  I can only describe Alice's writing as poetry in the novel form.  I often have to stop at the end of a sentence and close my eyes, so I can imagine it, smell it, or feel it brush past my skin.  Her writin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49225648">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I recently attended a book club in which Alice Hoffman was the guest speaker, so I was anxious to try one of her early works.   <br/>I thought this book was ok. I needed a light read this week and this fit the bill.  It keep me intrigued.  <br/>This particular book is a mix of murder and magic in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21979526">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this one to but my favorite of hers is Seventh Heaven. This is an interesting story and there's always a little something magical &amp; mysterious going on with the characters but not so much that it's the main focus. She's a great storytellers. I really loved the little boy in this and h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62717429">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I must say, I really enjoyed this book! It was a quick and easy read, yet not at all lacking in emotional depth. I was greatly touched by both Julian and Keith's love, tenderness, and respect towards animals. These two &quot;damaged&quot; souls were both introverted and misunderstood, and they conne...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51777876">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>Good story of interlocking lives of various damaged characters, including a dog, in Florida. Probably rated R if it was a movie, so not for kids under 18, I would say, but it's not real explicit. Some magical realism with a ghost character.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book gets into the minds of all the characters and really brings them to life.  Alice Hoffman made it pretty clear how things were going to go, but she doesn't describe it; I guess sometimes I want the happy ending spelled out for me:)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book more than any others I have read from Alice Hoffman.  Although the story was melodramatic and could be a real downer at times, I always enjoy the way Hoffman writes and the way she adds a lot of &quot;magic&quot; and earthiness into her stories.  I was really sad at the end becau...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32578066">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the very first Alice Hoffman novel I read and I loved it.  At the time, I did not know that books like these were written!  I have since found myself an autographed first edition of this fabuloius book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this read.  It had an interesting ending.  I'm curious to see if her other books will follow a similar style.  I don't think it would be &quot;strange&quot; enough for my daughter and daughter in law, but it was for me.]]></body>
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