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    <body><![CDATA[there are some beautifully crafted stories here. style reminds me a bit of mary ward brown (whom i've recently been reading), perhaps edged with a bit of james joyce (ala dubliners). most of these stories are snapshots of characters at a moment in time, and many do not satisfy the traditional expect...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73335058">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This probably suffered from the comparison with the classics I've read this week.  But the stories of sad and damaged families seemed lightweight.  I did like the first story that gives the book its title, but was under the mistaken idea that all the stories related to shoes in some way.  They don't...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78172473">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read the ARC of Going Away Shoes &amp; really enjoyed it.  Mccorkle is a great Southern writer &amp; her short stories all have that Southern dimension to them. Her stories were humorous &amp; poignant at the same time. Probably her least involved story was the last &amp; it was my favorite. When I figured out wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61298918">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not really a short story fan.  I read two out of the 11 stories, and her style just didn't suit me.  I'm really not sure the back blurb was right, about all the stories being about &quot;women looking love in the face without flinching.&quot;  Her writing style is a bit too bleak for me.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Happened upon her from a 2009 best short stories anthology. Her stories are an incredible mix of depressing and hilarious. She is a master at weaving together seemingly random, stream-of-consciousness writing into a coherent, moving story.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[   Ms McCorkle's short stories are so insightful that one imagines she could be an excellent therapist.  The stories all involve women and their problems.  The eleven stories are entertaining, heartbreaking, realistic for modern women.]]></body>
    
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