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  <title><![CDATA[Family - The Ties that Bind...And Gag!]]></title>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1987</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Erma Bombeck]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Jun 11 14:09:11 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 11 14:10:15 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love reading the late Erma Bombeck and how she looked at life--very similar to how I do.  I write a daily blog that reflects my humor about things like raising kids, teens etc.  check it out at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.loriavocato.com/blog">www.loriavocato.com/blog</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Sep 05 11:23:48 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this one. Not only does she have the family humor, but she actually throws in a handful of serious thoughts regarding her children and her husband, and it's so surprising that you can't help but love it.<br/><br/>She is an extremely funny woman, in a very subtle way. I have to give ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69912076">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Slightly funny at times, but mostly over my head in the sense that I am a young, newly married woman without any kids. Most of the jokes are directed at women with families, especially with grow children. Maybe twenty years from now if I have kids it will mean more to me.]]></body>
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    <review id="35407408">
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  <date_added>Wed Oct 15 15:39:55 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 15 15:50:26 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love anything from Erma Bombeck!  Anyone who walks in on me reading something from her will swear I am suffering with a severe case of Biopolar Disorder, for I will be flunctuating between outburst of tears and laughter.  As I read her work I feel wonderful.  I feel understood. I feel as though I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35407408">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54198388">
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my EB favorites. And I didn't even have kids yet when I read it the first time!!!]]></body>
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    <review id="44886952">
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    <body><![CDATA[I could have been friends with this gal!<br/><br/>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 23 14:11:12 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Funny, even though they talk about huge long distance phone call bills and other things from the 80's that we don't have to worry about anymore.  Really funny and easy escape read.]]></body>
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    <review id="65732733">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[So cute.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun Mar 23 15:12:44 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 23 15:17:00 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was hilarious! I probably read this in middle school (or high school at the latest)--and I'm sure black preteen girls wasn't Erma's target audience--but I connected so much with this book. She inspired me as a young writer, and when she passed away I felt like I lost a family friend.]]></body>
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    <review id="14209394">
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 31 16:45:16 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 31 16:46:20 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This didn't seem to be as funny as some of her books - but it sure brought back memories of family things at times - and a smile with them.  Not my favorite and a slow read.]]></body>
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    <review id="26019435">
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  <date_added>Tue Jul 01 10:07:14 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not a fan.  I think the point of the story was that our family may annoy us but we love them anyway.  All I got from it is COMPLAINING.]]></body>
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    <review id="26561739">
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2000</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Jul 28 10:46:21 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Worst book I ever almost finished. Only book I've ever started and then stopped reading just because it was so terrible. FAIL.]]></body>
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    <review id="28244849">
    <user id="1361409">
    <name><![CDATA[Kristie]]></name>
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  <date_added>Fri Jul 25 05:31:12 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[As the child Erma's writing about, I find it quite amusing to see what the parents' perspective is.]]></body>
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    <review id="19996118">
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  <date_added>Sat Apr 12 07:42:28 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Apr 12 07:46:45 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book! I have read it at least 4 times and I still laugh out loud every time. ]]></body>
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    <review id="7122978">
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    <body><![CDATA[I know, I'm not a middle-aged woman, but Erma Bombeck just knocks my socks off!]]></body>
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    <review id="4093953">
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    <name><![CDATA[Recynd]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the earliest essay-ists that I can remember reading; Erma cracked me up!]]></body>
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    <review id="14921897">
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    <body><![CDATA[Erma Bombeck is just funny. Her humor is a great stress-reliever for me.]]></body>
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    <review id="35486836">
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    <body><![CDATA[Aunt Erma helps us laugh at ourselves!!]]></body>
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    <review id="7536841">
    <user id="336421">
    <name><![CDATA[Dottie ]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bombeck's humor hits the target as always!]]></body>
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