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  <title><![CDATA[A Cure for Dreams]]></title>
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  <default_description>A story that traces the bonds between four generations of resourceful Southern women through stories passed from one generation to another.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1991</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>A Cure for Dreams</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Kaye Gibbons]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one Gibbons book I loved.  I loved the connection of the women through the generations.  This really warmed my heart.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 15 16:35:41 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good Southern lit. about 4 generations of women, told through the voice of the 3rd-generation woman.]]></body>
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    <review id="59350577">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I learned some about female relationships.  I think this would have worked better as a short story.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="57915643">
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  <read_at>Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another Kaye Gibbons book that I thoroughly enjoyed.  Think I will keep looking for the rest of her books.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Easy read and gives a better understanding of why there's always going to be people who gossip.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45470310]]></url>
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    <review id="62540567">
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[And the point is . . . .     <br/><br/>Enjoyable but nothing ever happened.]]></body>
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    <review id="62333033">
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  <read_at>Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1994</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love the way Kaye Gibbons writes. I've got all her books. ]]></body>
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    <review id="62058656">
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    <body><![CDATA[A Cure for Dreams by Kaye Gibbons (1992)]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62058656]]></url>
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    <review id="70086762">
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    <body><![CDATA[Several generations of Irish American Southern women in one family . . . a delightful, quick read with fascinating, believable, predominately female characters]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70086762]]></url>
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    <body><![CDATA[No real plot to it.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very fast read, good character development and humor.]]></body>
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    <review id="3188695">
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I give it a 1.5, really.  Rural south, woman's wisdom, evil men.  I think I was supposed to love the female characters and think they were strong, heroic women stuck in a world of inferior but more powerful men.  Mainly I found them annoying.  It seemed  full of stereotypes to me.  Although it did r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3188695">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36290396">
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    <body><![CDATA[Not her best, but I still liked it.  It was about a mother and a daughter.  Her stories sort of have a theme.  This one was set in South carolina in the time just before WWII.  It was a short read so that was good also.]]></body>
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    <review id="11584163">
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    <name><![CDATA[Amy]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Love Gibbons' writing style here.  The two main characters were women who loved to talk--&quot;chatted like a wind-up doll&quot;.  Made me laugh out loud in places with her apt descriptions and funny vernacular.]]></body>
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    <review id="19299967">
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A quick read, but I found it engaging.  I'll probably read it again down the line - mostly because I was so caught up in turning the pages I may have missed something good.]]></body>
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    <review id="11248601">
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    <body><![CDATA[A quick read - some really excellent dialogue.  Story is so-so, but the manner of speaking of the characters makes up for a lot, as do the chapter headings.]]></body>
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    <review id="63939797">
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    <body><![CDATA[Several generations of Irish American Southern women in one family . . . a delightful, quick read with fascinating, believable, predominately female characters]]></body>
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    <review id="466538">
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>Favorite Quotes</strong><br/><br/>The man in her dream would ride up and surprise her on his horse…saying her beauty pierced such a great place in his heart.]]></body>
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    <review id="34168280">
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    <body><![CDATA[I think this is a fabulous book.  It's the first I read by Gibbons, and I really enjoy her style. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think they had a good idea but it didn't really develop into much.]]></body>
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