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  <title><![CDATA[The Deep End of the Ocean (Oprah's Book Club)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;B&gt;Oprah Book Club&#174; Selection, September 1996&lt;/B&gt;: The horror of losing a child is somehow made worse when the case goes unsolved for nearly a decade, reports &lt;i&gt;Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel&lt;/i&gt; columnist Jacquelyn Mitchard in this searing first novel. In it, 3-year-old Ben Cappadora is kidnapped from a hotel lobby where his mother is checking into her 15th high school reunion. His disappearance tears the family apart and invokes separate experiences of anguish, denial, and self-blame. Marital problems and delinquency in Ben's older brother (in charge of him the day of his kidnapping) ensue. Mitchard depicts the family's friction and torment--along with many gritty realities of family life--with the candor of a journalist and compassion of someone who has seemingly been there. International publishing and movie rights sold fast on this one: It's a blockbuster.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1995</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jacquelyn Mitchard]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Oct 08 22:09:04 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 08 22:11:33 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[just can't read it... hits too close to home for me as a mom (a three year old is kidnapped) I had to read the ending to see if the kid is ever found alive. I tried skimming a few pages, but when I got to the part where they had to identify a small child in the morgue, I put the book down. I just ca...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7464685">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51607266">
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1996</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Apr 05 14:59:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Apr 05 15:36:47 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oprah's Book Club: A mother's 3 year old son was kidnapped while her back was turned checking into a hotel.  I related most with the brother that didn't watch his brother like the mother asked.  This was the subplot that held the book together.  The mother recognizes her lost son 9 years later mowin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51607266">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="2590467">
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    <name><![CDATA[Eilene]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[France]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone who wants an interesting read]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jul 01 09:22:24 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 01 09:25:01 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book relies heavily on coincidence, which is usually a sign of bad writing.  In this case, however, the coincidence is more of a result of a &quot;what if&quot; question, rather than a &quot;how can I loop this all together&quot; scenario.  I think its an interesting idea, what happens when the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2590467">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="70606316">
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 09 10:27:27 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 09 10:37:08 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a hard book to read.  It was a story of a family after their<br/>three-year-old son disappeared, probable kidnapping.  It was a &quot;slow-<br/>moving nightmare for Beth, for her family, for everyone involved in the ultimate testing of the ties that bind people together and the wounds tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70606316">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54113193">
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  <read_at>Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Apr 27 07:16:09 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Apr 27 07:16:40 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just finished this one and have to admit that I got a little addicted.  It was heartbreaking and well written, in my opinion. <br/><br/>I feel silly saying this, because it is fiction, but this seems like a pretty realistic account of how a woman like Beth would respond. I felt both hope for her...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54113193">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38738829">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kelly]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Oceanside, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone, especially mothers]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 19:19:52 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 26 22:13:13 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 01 19:19:52 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I was shocked by what this book really ended up being about.  I pictured the heartbreaking struggle of a mother who lost her child and what the family went through...and there is a little of that, but then, there is a twist and half the book deals more with how the family relates with each other aft...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38738829">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="4973792">
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    <location><![CDATA[Union City, CA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed Aug 22 20:19:18 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 22 20:19:18 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's been a while since I first read this but I read it on a trip to visit my mother, finished it at her house and flung it across the room.  I left it behind and she read it and called me to berate me for leaving it for her to read!  So count this as TWO negative reviews.  The climax happens about ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4973792">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71682550">
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Sep 18 11:43:36 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 27 10:50:33 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I originally read this book in 1996 and have to admit that I was not all that impressed.  I abhor books with spelling errors.  This one has not the one forgivable error but NUMEROUS distracting errors.  Where did the editing go wrong?  I recently reread this book in an attempt to &quot;lighten up&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71682550">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21728198">
    <user id="1142892">
    <name><![CDATA[Cheryl]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Ellicott City, MD]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue May 06 15:02:07 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon May 19 10:58:16 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is about a kidnapping. It is told from the mother's point of view and the kidnapped child's brother. The characters really weren't that developed (and for me to notice that is saying something). The plot was predictable and I didn't even like the parents in the story, so I wasn't rooting f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21728198">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="11132359">
    <user id="718873">
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    <location><![CDATA[Des Moines, IA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Thu Dec 27 22:58:59 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 08 22:59:48 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read and reread this book a thousand times over. I get lost in the sorrow I feel for this family. Everytime I read this story I feel differently about the choices this family makes. I don't have children so it is hard to imagine the heart break of having one kidnapped. I think it is impossible ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11132359">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67806806">
    <user id="2174839">
    <name><![CDATA[Lynne]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 17 17:17:27 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 17 17:28:08 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm still not sure what I think about this book.  What I do know is that I'm still thinking about it days after I finished.  It's a sad tale of lost opportunities.  I finished the book disgusted with Beth Cappadora for refusing to move on and raise her children when she loses her middle son.  Heartl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67806806">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45424720">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kristen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Pocatello, ID]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Feb 04 21:02:03 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 04 21:02:03 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great suspense novel that I really got into... it's about a mother who turns her back for a few minutes at a class reunion and loses her 3 year old boy.  Turns out he was kidnapped and there are all kinds of repercussions from this one isolated incident.  It's a heart-wrenching story that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45424720">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64623902">
    <user id="1306505">
    <name><![CDATA[Joan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 23 04:53:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 26 15:49:56 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I usually enjoy reading about characters whose author makes me think, &quot;Oh, yeah, I know what he/she means.  I have felt the same way.&quot;  I like to read about characters who think about their motives and examine their lives. Given those parameters, it is surprising that I enjoyed this book. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64623902">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51762680">
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    <location><![CDATA[Syracuse, NY]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Apr 06 19:42:39 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Apr 12 19:15:58 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think this might have been my first &quot;Oprah&quot; book. I was not familiar with this author although many were and I have since read her newspaper articles and columns in magazines. I liked this story because at first it seemed like a crime novel but then it turned into this psychological stud...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51762680">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="61615468">
    <user id="2471765">
    <name><![CDATA[Pixellatedcake]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Non-mothers]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 30 07:13:32 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 06 07:17:21 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is the epitome of sadness and internal mental strife.  The kidnapping of a little boy pretty much disables his family into a spinning chasm of dysfunction, and they're really never quite the same again.  It reminded me of a sophisticated <em>Face on the Milk Carton</em>, with more woe and self-dest...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61615468">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52481494">
    <user id="1486095">
    <name><![CDATA[Sandy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Spring, TX]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Apr 13 06:44:55 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ugh. This book stunk. It was such a drag. The first 100 pages of the book could have easily been summed up in one chapter, if not one page.<br/>I just could not get into a main character who admits to not loving her kids and then sits around sulking all the time. At one point she realizes she hasn'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52481494">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Shannon]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I took this book on vacation, hoping for a great summer read. And I guess I can't say that I didn't like the book, because I only read the first 27 pages. Even that was too much. I felt like I knew what I was getting into: the basic premise of the book is that a child goes missing and the effects it...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19752919">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a well written , riveting book. Not an easy read though. The storyline of a mother's missing child is totally believable and it hooked me. As a parent this is one of my worst fears and it was difficult to read about someone going through it. I was caught up in the story and had to know how i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38647145">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Can't wait to discuss this book at book club tomorrow night. I just finished and it's really good, although I can see how my mom wouldn't want to read it. This book follows a woman named Beth who is the mother of three young children. One of her sons is kidnapped but his body, dead or alive, is neve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75876978">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of those books that, once started, is hard to put down.  Ben,a 3 year old boy goes missing while with his mother, brother and baby sister at a reunion, and the story deals with what his family goes through while trying to find him.  Told mostly from the mother's viewpoint, it gets more i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37264102">more...</a>]]></body>
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