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    <body><![CDATA[This is a collection of short stories, portraits of seven American women aged between nine and forty-one. They come from different social backgrounds and have not always made the most out of what life has thrown at them. Most have father issues. All are at critical junctures in their lives. The ques...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71750127">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ This book is comprised of several short collages of women of different ages in various states of emotional distress. I thought it was unique that a few of the characters overlap into other stories, especially in the case of Julianne and Bryna, as you gain perspective from seeing the characters from...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17317964">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Each chapter is a different woman's life. The stories are all interesting but I realized I don't like short stories :) I want to hear more!!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A quick read. Under-developed sketches of phony characters. Very simplistic, simple-minded, and schematic writing. Not my bag.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[engrossing short stories- mainly involve vulnerable but strong women. R.Miller is Arthur Miller's daughter.]]></body>
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    <review id="71391178">
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    <body><![CDATA[Bad choice of a book!]]></body>
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    <review id="52120898">
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    <body><![CDATA[Love it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[blech. he only reason it got two stars is because I finished it and found myself thinking of it after... of course I was mostly thinking about the bad taste in my mouth. Why is it that female authors of adult fiction so frequently paint their female characters with so few redeeming qualities? I read...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29519789">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wish the concept of &quot;personal velocity&quot; had been explored further in this collection of short stories.  I wanted to love this book as much as I loved Rebecca Miller's film, <em>Angela</em>, but something was just missing.<br/><br/>The three stand-out stories from the collection were featured in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36315513">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed the varied stories, and the few that were connected together (the main character in one story was a supporting person in the next).  It presents different perspectives of women who have gone through or are going through different stages and stresses in life.  I'm not sure what I learned, b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4859242">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not sure if you've read this or heard of it, but it was pretty good.  A book of 6 (I think) short stories, some of which are entwined but all of which center around a woman, usually an artist, and how she feels about herself, aging, her work or her life.  Interesting portraits of women, each one see...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4628768">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A novel with seven short stories each about a different woman.  Some stories are much better than others….and at the end, you wish a few of the stories were longer and other stories were not shared at all.  Rebecca Miller, daughter of the famous Arthur Miller, is a great writer and this is an easy...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20600446">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A look at the saddest mental states and suffocating scenarios females of varying ages can get stuck in. While the writing is good, I don't feel enthralled enough to want to go back to the stories anytime soon.<br/><br/>Hearing some of these stories again recently (October 2009) made me realize tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9015735">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book of short stories centered around the lives of women. It was profoundly understated and proved to be a great introspection of what can happen to women just living their lives. Some might find it a bit depressing but I found it to be hopeful.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some good short stories, each focused on a different woman.  I thought the first stories were the best, and after that I found the author's voice/style a little predictable.  This also was made into movie with Parker Posey and other actresses.<br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>Personal Velocity</em> is a collection of inter-connected short stories by Henry Miller's daughter, Rebecca. All of the stories focus on the trials and tribulations of modern women. A couple of the stories were good, but most of them just fell flat.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[There are a couple in here that are as strong as anything I've come across in the last few years -- and three of these were linked together and made into a pretty good movie (the author was also the writer/director of the movie). ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book. The characters were fairly interesting and it kept my attention. I thought it was strange how some of the stories seemed connected and some not - or were they really all connected?]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book before discovering the author is related to Arthur Miller.  A literary weave, reminiscent of the short stories Story magazine used to put out before they went bust.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This one is good. I like short stories, so I like that she tells separate stories. I think they are great perspectives on the female lives of her characters, poignant and touching.]]></body>
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