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  <title><![CDATA[The Promised World: A Novel]]></title>
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  <default_description>A&#160;provocative novel about a woman whose seemingly perfect life unravels when her twin brother commits suicide after he is accused of child abuse.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2009</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Lisa Tucker]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This gripping tale of family secrets and shattered lives is both tragic and redemptive. When Billy commits suicide, his fraternal Lila is left shattered. Unable to understand Billy's actions or to piece together the fractured pieces of her childhood without his help, Lila starts to separate from her...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76168105">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Lila Cole seemingly has it made: she teaches English literature at a good university in Pennsylvannia, her husband, Patrick was willing to take a lesser job at a smaller university to accompany her there, and she seems to have a solid marriage. <br/><br/>But all of this comes crashing down around ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73154167">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Child abuse is always a difficult subject to wrap one’s head around.  It’s uncomfortable and emotional and not short of infuriating yet Tucker has skillfully navigated her way through those issues to build a story that handles each delicately.  She’s crafted a story that is both thought provok...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73097226">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book starts out on a &quot;typical&quot; day when Lila Cole is at work in her office at a university, and her twin brother Billy is in a hotel room across the street from an elementary school, pointing an unloaded rifle at the school.<br/><br/>Billy is a vicitim of &quot;suicide by police&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73054187">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[In today's climate, with the news full of stories men turning to mass murder and suicide, The Promised World seems an even more fitting book for the times.  Unlike the men in the news stories, however, Billy Cole had no intention of killing anyone other than himself the day he aimed his unloaded rif...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72312275">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Jackie says:<br/><br/>&quot;Words can be like arrows. You can't see them, and that's why they're so dangerous. With an ordinary arrow, if you get hit, you know you have to remove it from your body. With words, you can never pull them out once they get stuck in your mind.&quot; <br/><br/>This quo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70309616">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Words can be like arrows.  You can't see them, and that's why they're so dangerous.  With an ordinary arrow, if you get hit, you know you have to remove it from your body.  With words, you can never pull them out once they get stuck in your mind.&quot;<br/><br/>This quote comes toward the en...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60722003">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had a hard time becoming really engrossed in this book until about the middle, but then I couldn't put it down because I was so curious to know the truth about Billy and Lila's childhood. As Lila seems to be losing her own will to live after the death of her twin brother Billy, her wonderful husba...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67645353">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've enjoyed all of Tucker's other books and was really looking forward to this one.  I read the first 75 pages and couldn't go on.  The story was intriguing but the writing was....abysmal.  Without naming names, it reminded me of the writing of a very popular best-selling author who cranks out 2-3 ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70864346">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Lila's entire world revolves around her twin brother Billy. Despite her marriage, and her prestigious university professorship, she worships her brother and struggles mightily for his approval. She defers to his opinions, is blinded to his faults, and relies on his to remind her of a past she simply...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73410859">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay--this was intriguing. I honestly spent 95% of the book trying to figure out what was going on--what had happened to the protagonist that &quot;erased&quot; her memories? Why had her brother jumped off the deep end? It definitely kept me reading. When the &quot;shocking&quot; conclusion was reac...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71484129">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an unusual story, to say the least.  On the opening page, the main character's brother commits suicide and we read on to learn this act came to almost destroy so many other lives.  Nothing is as it seems at first read, but eventually the knots all unravel and you realize who the good and ba...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75187066">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Tucker has created a fairly tense story about the obsessive bond between twins Lila and Billy and the somewhat mysterious family history Billy has created for Lila who can't remember anything from their youth.  After Billy's untimely death Lila suffers a breakdown and begins to recover some distant ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75543917">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of those books where the review doesn't come easily. It is a book that seems to resonates with many people. The novel is inherently sad and explores the effects of abuse and memory manipulation, especially when a person has good intentions and the desire to protect someone they love.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61226123">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68998327">
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first two thirds of this books plod along as Lila Cole struggles to find out why her twin brother was killed. His death is called &quot;suicide by police.&quot; She tries to find out why he chose this final desperate act.<br/><br/>Billy told Lila made up stories about their childhood to shield...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68998327">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71641410">
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    <name><![CDATA[Michelle BF]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love the psychology of this as we learn about Lila's past along with her.  The horror of an emotionally abusive mother and its damage on Lila and her twin is daunting.  This is not a particularly happy book except that there is hope in the end and Lila does become the hero of her story.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71641410">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67882019">
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    <body><![CDATA[After Lila’s twin brother’s sudden death, she is left to decipher the mysteries of their past alone.  Soon she discovers how much of her life’s plot was created by Billy to fill in his sister’s memory gaps. The Promised World showcases the power of reading and storytelling. The literary refe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67882019">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Those that enjoyed The Cure for Modern Life will most likely enjoy this one too.  It has that same unsettling feel with many unanswered questions.   The label that comes to mind is &quot;thought-provoking&quot;.<br/><br/> ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book had an interesting twist on being a twin in a very dysfunctional family. Again, a good read if you are interested in twins, twisted families where hope still rules.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read quite a few favorable reviews on this one that made me want to read it immediately. I'm always interested in family dramas and this book has all of that and then some. I knew right away that something wasn't right with Lila and her twin brother Billy, but it took some time before I could r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70105994">more...</a>]]></body>
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