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    <body><![CDATA[This book pretty much sums up every poetic mystery to life that I have ever had (and also continues to run through my life as a constant theme.)<br/><br/> Who are we? How do the choices that we make affect the rest of our lives? Fate.... and How could we TRULY EVER know the family + friends that w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19016238">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Precis: A marraige comes under stress when a long ago lover turns up out of the blue.<br/><br/>I thought that this writer writes very well. I loved reading this book, loved the language used, the descriptions, the unexpected turns in the story, the bringing in of historical events which have a bea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79386033">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's always an incomparable pleasure to discover a great novel: it's like rediscovering emotions that you thought you'd not feel again. Greer's book is such a novel, and its aching beauty somehow gets even more compelling, and poignant, as it is illuminated by the knowledge the reader has that he's ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57389402">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[From the bestselling author of The Confessions of Max Tivoli, a love story full of secrets and astonishments set in 1950s San Francisco <br/><br/>&quot;We think we know the ones we love.&quot; So Pearlie Cook begins her indirect and devastating exploration of the mystery at the heart of every relati...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53170310">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The book starts with &quot;We think we know the ones we love.&quot;<br/>The plot was just a little strange, but it was interesting to me.  I followed someone else's advice, and started the book without reading any reviews.  Just take the book for what it's worth, as it provides it to you.  Takes pl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57872607">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved the author's first book &quot;The Confessions of Max Tivoli&quot; in that it was so beautifully written. This was published a year ago but I never heard about it until I looked up the authors name.<br/><br/>This, like the authors other book, is amazingly well written and sucks you in with ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53213472">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't even know how to rate this book but this I can say--it was beautifully and engagingly written with twists and turns that kept me turning the pages notwithstanding the fact that the moral issues the book raised were distasteful to me.  The characters were complex and real although they were n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64974902">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<p><em>The Story of a Marriage</em> is &quot;a perfect mix of what we seek from literaturecaptivating storytelling; a complex, finely tuned structure; stunning language; and astute observations about both the mundane intricacies of everyday relationships and society as a whole,&quot; notes the <em>Los Angeles Ti...</em></p><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45463280">more...</a>]]></body>
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