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    <body><![CDATA[This is one man's search for the secret of optimism. He was feeling low all the time, and decided he needed that jump out of bed feeling. He travelled all over the place, interviewing people who claimed to be optimists.<br/><br/>I spent a lot of time telling the boyfriend (while I was reading) tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30114859">more...</a>]]></body>
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