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    <body><![CDATA[I'm left breathless by Sue Miller's ability to tell a story from many different viewpoints - female, male, very young, very old - reflecting attitudes of five different decades. This covers the timelines of several members of one family whose scars radiate out over many years from the autism of one ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14644597">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[In a very abnormal normal family, this book captures family relationships and silences very well.  A little circular at points but over all a very good book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[see Nicole - i'm only 3 months behind :)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This books was just okay. It dragged on a bit too long for my taste and didn't have the plot to hold my interest. Still, it was a decent story.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Recommended by Jamie Harris-Gershon]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Overall I think Sue Miller's depiction of a family deeply affected by a tragedy is well done - at least I'm still thinking about it.  I just could never get a clear picture of the main character, Lainy, in my mind - or perhaps it was Ms. Miller's intention to make her difficult to understand.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is one of the saddest and unforgettable I've ever read. I loved Nina, the narrator. The story is about the death of a family (no one dies; it is the family as a unit that unravels). The family is the Character. The parents are extremely realistic. She writes very, very well.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting, because again, like Tilt, it's about a family with an Autistic son/brother and how they deal with it.  Told by a younger sister, it brings up a lot of different family relationships in a larger family and especially with a child with autism.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[You will think this is the story of YOUR family life.]]></body>
    
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