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    <body><![CDATA[A light and funny story about family life.  The main characters are based on the author's family growing up in the early 1900's as Quakers.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My boyfriend's father lent me this book because it had a woman Quaker preacher in it.  He thought I'd be interested in it, since I am trying to be a Presbyterian pastor.  <br/><br/>I lost the book with about 10 pages left to read for over a month...so details aren't quite clear anymore.  Initially...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31914078">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is my sincere hope that someday soon the Library of America will produce a volume of the Collected Works of Jessamymn West. Until then, readers will have to make do with paperback editions or funky used ones. It would be a shame to let her portrayals of the American spirit disappear from view. Th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29304883">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is loveliness itself. It's surely Jessamyn West's masterpiece. The Quaker family faces real world challenges and meets them with humor and courage, everything from whether or not to have a piano in their Quaker home to the danger of harboring refugees from the South in the Civil War to all...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17950748">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this because I watched the film of the same name, never having encountered Jessamyn West before. She writes with enormous warmth and human insight, and with an ever-present sense of humour. These stories are so vivid and real, and I was sorry to reach the end of the book - and then delighted ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46888801">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a really charming, comforting sort of read, which I enjoyed more than the rating probably indicates.  It was just what I needed at the time, when it seems that everything I pick up is a real downer.  It also made me want to go back and watch the movie, which I watched on Turner classics as a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47482369">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another GREAT movie!  I remember being 10 or 12 years old and being allowed to &quot;stay up late&quot; with my mom to watch this on TV.  I'll bet the book is just as good.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[They made this one into a lovely movie, too.  I always liked her writing -- lovely, yet easy to read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[wonderful book, beautiful without being affected, sweet without being sacharine, elegantly written. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of the most beautiful books I've read in my entire life. Ms. West's prose is amazing.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A Cute read.  Fast read.  A little sad at the end.  Interesting look at Quaker life.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I saw the movie as a child and loved it.  The book should be even better.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an amazing collection of stories about the Birdwells, a family of Quakers during the Civil War.  The stories were written during WWII, and they start out light-hearted and funny, but get progressively sadder.  What I liked best was that West wrote the different stories from the points-of-vie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26142832">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very gentle, lovely book.  I would have given it 5 stars, but I wish it would have had a little more plot.  I felt like each chapter was a beautifully written vignette, but not tied together as a whole story.  Several times, especially at the beginning, I was lost as to how old the characters were...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22124467">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this book for a book discussion. It was written in langauage representative of the 1860's. The book was written in 1943 - if memory serves. I found it to be very disjointed and at times, made no sense. Turns out the &quot;book&quot; was written as short articles for Harper's Bazaar and put in n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11435794">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book, but found it was <strong>very&lt;/&gt; slow.  In fact, I almost decided to take it back to the library before I finished--but I had to find out what happened to the characters, so I renewed it.  It took me a while to get through it, but overall, I enjoyed this book.</strong>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[We read this book for book group, and I loved that it appealed to women from different age groups and with very different interests.  Each chapter is its own story, and the stories ranged from hilarious the quite touching.  I thoroughly enjoyed it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Jessamyn West is a modern mystic.  This is one of my all-time favorite books.  It's unforgettable.  Jessamyn West is a Quaker writer.  You will want to add this book to your library &amp; read it once every few years for comfort &amp; pure enjoyment.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Delightful reading for everyone! The author gives vignettes of a Quaker family during the Civil War. The movie with Gary Cooper is great too--but it stands alone and really has little to do with the book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't read books as much as I read authors. I find one that I like and read everything they have written. This author holds up throughout her career. She writes a lot about Quakers, and early California.]]></body>
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