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    <body><![CDATA[The book started off fine - small town in Maine with interesting characters and then half way thru it turned into a trashy, stupid harlequin romance. I kept reading thinking it would redeem itself but the writing and the story just continued to  spiral downward. I finally put it down and have no int...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72319585">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think this was the book that ended with the line, &quot;The radio, which was Japanese, played until dawn.&quot;<br/><br/>If so, it was spellbinding. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This woman has an unbelievable grasp on human nature.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wife of Stephen King]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My brother made me read this. Thank you, Bill! Pearl Dickenson inherits a home place from an uncle she never knew. She moves to Nodd's Ridge in New England and warms her way into the small town and the hearts of its residents. These characters are so alive, I would recognize any of them on the stree...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11997235">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's been a long time since I've read this book.  I was surprised to find out that Tabitha King is Stephen King's wife.  Probably the biggest reason why I picked it up from the library.  I do remember enjoying it, and it was easy to read.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[not bad. Tabby's books have a little too much harlequin romance flavor for my liking, but her writing is generally good and,like her husband, she has an odd dry sense of humor that made me laugh out loud at times.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Tabitha King is definitely under-appreciated.  This book was great, great setting, great atmosphere, lots of emotion, just fabulous all around.]]></body>
    
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