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  <title><![CDATA[Asta in the Wings]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;i&gt;Asta in the Wings&lt;/i&gt;&#160;is the moving and often darkly funny story of Asta Hewitt, a resourceful seven-year-old and intrepid narrator growing up in an isolated house in Bond Brook, Maine. Shut off from the outside world and restricted to the company of a delusional mother and a bookish older brother, Asta is content to be part of a &quot;society of three&quot; constructing dramatic and fanciful worlds of their own. When circumstances push her into a strange outside world &#8212; with all of its discontents &#8212; Asta must find a way to assimilate while remaining true to herself and her fractured family. Jan Elizabeth Watson's debut novel puts her among the most promising new writers in the realm of imaginative literary fiction.</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jan Elizabeth Watson]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[“With this, her excellent debut novel, Watson makes quick work of a setup that could prove challenging for even seasoned authors. Seven-year-old Asta grows up in rural Maine in the late 1970s, where she and her sickly nine-year-old brother, Orion, are kept locked in their house by their crazy moth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44768560">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well-done all around; there's a distinctive voice present in this novel, and the book is never not true to its characters. There's a fine balance between recounting events from afar and placing its narrator in the moment that 'Asta In the Wings' achieves.<br/><br/>//<br/><br/>Heard Jan Elizabeth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43889857">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This story is riveting from the beginning.  Asta is seven, and her brother Orion is nine.  Set in rural Maine in 1978, the tale begins with them playing in the house when their mother goes off to work.  Everything seems normal until Asta comments on the triple locks that her mother sets every mornin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50048379">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This sounds incredibly creepy-cool. Here is a long excerpt from the Powell's.com review (which is mostly so I'll remember why I want to read this when I come upon it later):<br/><br/>   Asta and Orion, it seems, are allegedly sick children in need of protection from the world of germs. They're hom...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46330173">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this book. I would recommend it to almost anyone. Right from the start you can tell the family is very different. The writing is descriptive yet holds the innocence and youthful thoughts of the narrator, which I particularly loved. You can tell this girl is intelligent and holds quite...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51765560">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46350168">
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Asta and her story are pretty remarkable.  I love the clear, smart, sensitive style of writing.  What might be my favorite aspect of reading this book might be that Asta is so innocent yet sharp--it gives such tension.  I trusted that Asta would be able to handle herself, yet was so worried about he...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46350168">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway.   It sounded interesting, but probably wasn’t a book I would have picked up on my own.  It took me a little while to warm up to it, but eventually I did.  I think initially I was just uncomfortable with the premise of two young children being kept locked in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50553108">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Asta in the Wings is written from the perspective of 7-year old Asta. She lives in a boarded up house with her older brother, Orion, and her mother. As her mother goes out into the world to work everyday, Asta and Orion stay inside, protected from the debilitating germs and disease their mother has ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52776325">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a remarkable book, without an ounce of sentimentality, something a story such as this usually has. It could have been heartbreaking, but was only on a few occasions. I loved Asta’s unique voice and outlook. She’s a character I will remember.<br/><br/>The book was very well written and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45909405">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Lovely writing.  Thought there was some kind of supernatural side to it, but instead it was so much like reality that it was a bit painful.  I think I was disappointed at the end because I wanted there to be some kind of alien taking over the mother's mind instead of mental illness because that was ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53722702">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was a small, small croud that gathered for this event.  Which was a shame because the author was sweet in a pixie sort of way (my guess is that she was goth in high school, but now lives in Maine where dyed black hair is enough to label her as &quot;artistic&quot;) and the post-reading talk was r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48335547">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[April’s book club book, it  was well written and good for a change of pace.  A strange story of two kids that escape from their certifiably crazy mother.  What makes it good is that the kids don’t understand that Mom is a lunatic, and that they were essentially prisoners.  And who, in hindsight ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58377540">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a well-written, thought-provoking debut novel. The voice was both mature and innocent while the story was heartbreakingly inspirational. The character development was subtle, but effective and I really did care what happened to each and every person in the story. <br/><br/>I was immediate...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56759366">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book but I was terribly unhappy with the ending and that it's very anti-climatic. The only thing that kept me going is the thought that something positive might happen to the children. There's no denying that it was written beautifully and had the potential to be a 5 star, it just fell ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70967662">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book very much. It's an excellent effort by a first-time author. The young narrator's voice seemed emotionally right on target to me and I appreciated how she remained true to her brother and her psychotic, but loving in her own warped way, mother throughout. <br/><br/>The plot move...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47697855">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The voice of Asta, the seven-year-old protagonist of this book, is one of the strongest I think I've ever read -- and, even more impressively, Jan Elizabeth Watson really manages to capture the foreboding tone of Asta's life without the girl entirely realizing the dangers herself. I'm not describing...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76124598">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked the story more than I thought I would, and am looking forward to another by this author. As a minor quibble, Asta's &quot;voice&quot; in Part One was quite good at capturing that of a (sheltered, yet bright) young girl. Later, during Part Two, I found myself thinking &quot;that's not <em>really</em> ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53916392">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book disturbing but could not quit reading it. I needed to know that Asta  and Orion were going to be alright. You'll also have to finish it whether or not you want to , to find out what happens. It is a beautifully written book however I cannot recommend it for everyone . ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was not what I was expecting after reading the previous reviews.  Other reviews mentioned how Asta and her family use their imagination to escape their own isolation.  In fact, the mother has serious mental problems and is abusive towards her children to the point of starvation and locking...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45183257">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 02 12:23:02 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thoroughly enjoyed this book.  Asta is a remarkable little girl, both innocent and clever.  I enjoyed seeing the world through her eyes, during our brief time together.  The book is funny and dark, and full of hope.  I had a hard time putting it down.]]></body>
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