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  <title><![CDATA[Crossing Washington Square]]></title>
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  <default_description>Some women follow their hearts; others follow their minds. In this &#8220;charming, witty, and cerebral&#8221; second novel from the acclaimed author of &lt;i&gt;The Professors&#8217; Wives&#8217; Club&lt;/i&gt;, we return to Manhattan University, where two strong-willed women are compelled to unite their senses and sensibilities.

Professor Diana Monroe is a highly respected scholar of Sylvia Plath. Serious and aloof, she steadfastly keeps her mind on track. Professor Rachel Grey is young and impulsive, with a penchant for teaching popular women&#8217;s fiction like &lt;i&gt;Bridget Jones&#8217; Diary&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;The Devil Wears Prada&lt;/i&gt;, and for wearing her heart on her sleeve.

The two conflicting personalities meet head to heart when Carson McEvoy, a handsome and brilliant professor visiting from Harvard, sets his eyes on both women and creates even more tension between them. Now Diana and Rachel are slated to accompany an undergraduate trip to London, where an almost life-threatening experience with a student celebrity will force them to change their minds and heal their hearts&#8230;together.
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">9</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2009</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Crossing Washington Square</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Joanne Rendell]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Joanne Rendell, author of The Professors' Wives Club takes readers back to the fictional university of Manhattan U in her second novel Crossing Washington Square. This is not a sequel but a stand alone novel that follows two strong, independent and highly different professors, Rachel and Diana. Dian...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71977090">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This second novel by Joanne Rendell, Crossing Washington Square, was such an enjoyable and smart read. I flew through the book, and it truly reminded me of why I love contemporary women's fiction so much! It did this not just because I loved this book itself but also because of the interesting discu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69027599">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Meh.  It was ok, but I almost feel like the writing was intentionally less than it could have been in an effort to not be &quot;literature.&quot;  There is so much focus on &quot;literature&quot; v. mass market fiction that it could go either way - if it wasn't intentional then it just wasn't very w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78648658">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a quick read and a fun take on academic life--David LOdge does it infinitly better though.]]></body>
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