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    <body><![CDATA[Ms. Goudge has quite a following as I saw by the extensive line at BEA. But after reading &quot;Blue Moon&quot; she strikes me as a chick lit-ish writer that likes to reference contemporary pop culture and overuse cliches. <br/><br/>Not that there's anything wrong with chick lit, but reading about...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63417942">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Really sappy and predictable. Sister separated as young girls. One gets adopted and lives a great life. The other bounces from foster family to foster family. She winds up leaving school, getting into drugs and having a child who is taken away from her. She finds her long lost sister to help her reg...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77312331">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Sisters Lindsay and Kerry Ann are put in separate foster homes when Lindsay is 12 and Kerry Ann is 3.  Lindsay is adopted by an academic couple who give her a wonderful life while Kerry Ann goes from one foster home to another, ultimately ending up a drug addict who loses her 6 year old daughter due...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79886706">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Kelli Ann and Lindsay are put in foster homes after their mother is put in prison for trafficking in drugs. Lindsay has a good experience with one family while Kellie Ann is moved from home to home.  After she loses custody of her daughter because of drugs, she starts attending AA meeting and tries ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79083267">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Eileen Goudge is on my list of favorite authors. I am sad when I finish one of her books because I will miss her well drawn characters...people I feel I know because of Goudge's ability to create emotionally true drama and dialogue.  Her books are about relationships, loss and redemption and this is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76066048">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not sure I'll be able to finish this read... seems predictable; having a hard time getting past the cursing throughout. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent book that had me staying up WAY too late reading.  Will recommend to favorite customers, the ones that we share books with]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a real &quot;page turner&quot;.  Check it out!!!!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It is like I am reading about my life in many ways. It is a very good book that speaks of the bonds of love and family.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Predicatble and sappy.  I had hoped for more.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a good book, if somewhat predictable.  I liked the other book I read by her (can't remember which one it was) better.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Good Story about sisters.]]></body>
    
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