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    <body><![CDATA[I'm a sucker for short stories, but as a huge David Sedaris fan, I've found that most collections pale in comparison. With Thompson's <em>Throw Like a Girl</em>, I found a solid collection of short stories that I enjoyed reading almost as much as I enjoy reading David Sedaris. <br/><br/>That being said, ho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3517113">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The writing is superb and as one review puts it, these stories are &quot;gritty and grueling.&quot; While I found myself relating to a couple of the women characters, my overall feeling while reading this was, &quot;gosh what a miserable, bitter, sad group of women.&quot; I kept hoping for just one ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15347211">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Jean Thompson reminds me of an earnest version of me. Like she's not afraid to say the things I think sometimes, even if those things might sound a little cheesy or sentimental or too-true to be said out loud. But she's always right, and always good. I like to read Jean Thompson with a pen, so I can...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41303647">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I feel bad giving this a three-star review, because some of these stories really deserve something more.  &quot;It Would Not Make Me Tremble to See Ten Thousand Fall&quot;, for instance, in which a woman tries to make a life as a military wife and ends up abandoning her child to join the military he...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10739778">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[(N.B.: Jean is a friend of mine, so I'm likely biased.) I've always been a big fan of her short fiction, more than her novels, and this book is a fine addition. Her best stories are populated by strong lead characters (both in the sense that they are believable and that they have particularly strong...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2604247">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was definitely a bit disappointed in this collection of short stories. I felt like the author, Jean Thompson, was trying much too hard. The first few seem like they take a long time to get to the point, which ends up being at least a bit disturbing. To me, this set an untenable tone of expectation...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1360857">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I borrow most of the books I read from the LA Public Library, so while the waiting list for Thompson's latest Do Not Deny Me was on the long side, I was able to get this earlier story collection pretty quickly. The variety and depth of the many female characters she created here may be unrivaled. Th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65942058">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ahhh... very satisfying.  This collection of short stories is best read in short doses, story by story, as most feature similar characters and situations, i.e. bad marriages, discontent women.  Still, I love Thompson's structure and intermingling of first and third person voices.  She really knows h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76772654">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[For a while last summer I only had the attention span of a kindergardener, and was only reading short stories as a result.  This collection is fantastic and heartbreaking.  There is one story in particular (and I'm not telling) that so precisely retold a story of my own, I almost felt robbed of my s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41029420">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some one gave this to me for my birthday, I thought it was excellent! She takes ordinary people, people you would never even notice in life, and she writes about them in a way that their story becomes extraordinary and unique. I would recommend it to anyone who loves great fiction and short stories.<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72251835">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fantastic collection of short stories, one of my recent favorites...I loved the variety of perspectives the stories are told from, and all the voices are believable, whether the girl, the young woman, the older woman, or switching back and forth...funny, poignant, powerful and real.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Whoa. This is <em>great</em>. Maybe not all of the stories are as good as those in her newest collection, but the last one? <em>Throw Like a Girl</em>? I'm speechless. It might be a long time before I forget that one. It's changed the whole tone of my day.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great short stories.  All totally different from each other.  All different perspectives.  Some from a teenager, parent, spouse, etc......  Some a bit crazy, some suprising, and some inspiring.  A story in this book for everyone.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Full of generally depressing short stories which make you question the motivations of humanity.  Although I can see the tragedy and truth behind the writing it is not my 'cup of tea.'  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[These stories are unsettling but the writing is gorgeous.  I am happy that David Sedaris brought Jean Thompson to so many people's attention.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Again, don't like short stories.  I guess I have to stop saying that.  I could not put this down.  Loved it!!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well written short stories, but kind of depressing.]]></body>
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