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  <title><![CDATA[Nights of Rain and Stars]]></title>
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  <default_description>In a tiny Greek seaside village, tourists enter a hilltop tavern, alone and in pairs, for a casual lunch. But a sudden tragedy in the harbor below brings them together, changing perfect strangers into unlikely friends. In the days that follow, their paths continue to cross and their secrets begin to unfold. Fiona left a nursing career in Ireland to be with a man everyone thinks is wrong for her. Elsa fled Germany once she learned the secrets the man she loves had been hiding from her. Thomas mourns his failed marriage and misses his son in California, while David yearns to reconcile with his family in England without having to go into the family business. Chance has brought them together in the middle of their separate journeys, and together they will find new ways of looking at the lives they left behind.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2004</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Maeve Binchy]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Contrived Plot is contrived.  Anyone who can't figure out exactly what will happen with whom by the second chapter deserves to read to the end.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Apr 13 18:50:59 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the last Binchy book I will ever buy.  She has a new one out now, and I won't go there.<br/><br/>Her earlier works, until Tara Road, which was the &quot;beginning of the end,&quot; in my opinion, are among my favorite re-readable books.<br/><br/>She's one of those authors who should have...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/712801">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64996062">
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jul 26 07:44:49 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 26 07:54:21 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I actually want to give this book two stars, but the characters were so sweet and nice that I don't want to hurt their feelings. Yes, I did just write that. Yes, I do worry about characters' feelings. <br/><br/>I'm not a Maeve Binchy devotee, but I do like her books - I thought &quot;Circle of Fri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64996062">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51133014">
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[In the tiny Greek Seaside village of Aghia Anna,tourists enter a hilltop taverna, alone and in pairs, for a casual lunch. But a sudden tragedy in the harbor below brings them together, changing perfect strangers into unlikely friends as their lives begin to entwine. In the days that follow, their pa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51133014">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="2680356">
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    <location><![CDATA[Denmark]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 03 13:13:22 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of Maeve Binchy's strengths is characterizations, and this one is no exception. There's no plot to speak of, but you really get to know the main characters for better or worse. It's a good comfort read and in general a charming book.]]></body>
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    <review id="35474555">
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  <read_at>Tue Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 16 11:33:41 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 16 11:38:17 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[En let læst, men hyggelig bog. Meget velegent til sofahjørnet en søndag eftermiddag, der er ikke den store handling eller de store overraskelser i bogen, men jeg kedede mig heller ikke mens jeg læste den. ]]></body>
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    <review id="54503979">
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    <location><![CDATA[Columbus, OH]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon May 04 08:14:50 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is lyrical and smooth, lilting might be a good word.  Ostensibly, the novel is about four tourists who meet in the Greek village of Aghia Anna and the ways in which their lives intertwine. This thread is certainly part of the story.  However, I think that the book is more about community b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54503979">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68125702">
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 19 20:06:45 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Imagine finding yourself on a beautiful Greek island having 'escaped' from your life only to be drawn in to an unexpected relationship with total strangers from various places around the world on the day of a local tragic fire. The tourists each seeking a personal asylum suddenly become a part of ea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68125702">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68125702]]></url>
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    <review id="57490178">
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to start this review by saying, I am usually a fan of Maeve Binchy’s writing.  I loved ‘The Glass Lake’ and ‘Evening Class’.  I was disappointed by this novel.  ‘Nights of Rain and Stars’ is set on a small Greek Village, Aghia Anna.  Four tourists meet for the first time at a sm...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57490178">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66124459">
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 04 06:18:42 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 05 11:35:06 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was alright.  I got into the story pretty easily and wanted to know what would happen to the characters, even though I got annoyed at most of the characters.  It's just hard to believe that all of them had the same problems and were so blind to the obvious solutions.  The other thing that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66124459">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21079084">
    <user id="13779">
    <name><![CDATA[Khaya]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked many of Maeve Binchy's books, but I think at this point she's just coasting on her reputation.  This story was contrived and read almost like a young adult novel, with a bunch of random tourists suddenly bonding and becoming best friends after witnessing a boating accident that didn't involv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21079084">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55414171">
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    <name><![CDATA[Barbara]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Winnetka, IL]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Quite engaging. To start, it is set on a Greek isle very similar to ones Dad and I visited two years ago.   Maeve Binchy is an excellent writer, so the story flows smoothly and the people are pretty realistic.  It is a bit sweet and has a wonderful positive ending (which is not bad, right now; I lik...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55414171">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="35120239">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jennifer]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Warren, MI]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Maeve Binchy's books. So far everyone that I have read has been great. This one was no disappointment to me. <br/><br/>I did find it a bit weird, at first, that the story didn't take place in Ireland. But as the story progressed I realized that with three of the characters being from Irelan...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35120239">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75880035">
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    <name><![CDATA[Michelle]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Oct 27 07:17:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I used to LOVE Maeve Binchy's books - Tara Road, The Glass Lake, Circle of Friends - but the last couple I have tried have gone significantly downhill.  Evening Class was an enjoyable cake read and a collection of her short stories (from a woman whose books are typically large enough to be a good do...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75880035">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1337307">
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon May 21 06:45:22 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nights of Rain and Stars was the second Binchy's novel I read so far. Like the first one, The Glass Lake, I love reading it much. Binchy is bestselling author from Ireland. I never heard about her until I read The Glass Lake.<br/><br/>Her two novels are about story of commeon people upon a time, b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1337307">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51032113">
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  <date_added>Tue Mar 31 09:52:43 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have a love/hate relationship with Maeve Binchy. I either really like her book or really do not. I think it depends on how much adultry she puts into it. This book is a &quot;Be in another place&quot; kind of book. It is a fast read with interesting characters that change because of a major event ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51032113">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49685788">
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    <location><![CDATA[Bountiful, UT]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed Mar 18 12:54:28 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 18 12:58:01 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have enjoyed the Maeve Binchy books I've read....this one seemed a wee bit over the top as far as the plot is concerned.   A little hard to swallow the idea of a group of perfect strangers becoming fast friends and confidantes in such a brief period of time, and for the small village to trust them...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49685788">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Dec 04 07:39:08 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 04 07:41:00 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, but not my cup of tea. I enjoyed it at the time, then later wanted to read another Binchey and checked this out again. The title had completely vanished from my memory, so I didn't realize till I started reading that I had done it before. Not sure why some books (and movies) are so forgettable...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39280484">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Kristi]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Dec 02 15:45:04 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the 3rd book I've read by Maeve Binchy and I'm really coming to enjoy her books.  She's an Irish author so of course that appeals to me!  This story is set in Greece and she weaves a wonderful story based on the lives of random tourists that end up in the same town.  Each character has an in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39143172">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Mar 31 10:04:46 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Maeve Binchy is a reliable choice for a story that presents characters with choices, then lets the reader enjoy the resolutions.  As she often does, Binchy presents a set of people with a set of problems.  Their interactions and choices involve the reader, and the reassuring outcomes are soothing.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51032893">more...</a>]]></body>
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