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  <title><![CDATA[A Twisted Ladder]]></title>
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  <default_description>Psychologist Madeleine LeBlanc&#160;has spent her whole career trying to determine the cause of her father's schizophrenia. She always felt that she could unravel its origins and cure the man who&#160;left her and her brother,&#160;Marc, to practically raise themselves on the Louisiana Bayou.&#160;But when Marc takes his own life on a fishing boat in the middle of Bayou Black, Madeleine embarks on a journey into her family history---to&#160;a time when the antebellum era was crumbling, and the line between servant and master was starting to fade.&#160;And the more she pries the more she reveals her family&#8217;s dark past, rife with conjured demons and river magic gone awry.&#160;Madeleine&#8217;s only hope to save herself is to face the ghosts of the past, the dangers of the present, and the twisted ladder that links them all together.</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Rhodi Hawk]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a disappointment. How this first-time author conned her publisher into a trade paper, I'll never understand. This was a mass market thriller wrapped up in pretty packaging. Hawk attends the Dan Brown School of Dramatic Arc Chapter Construction, flip-flopping two concurrent stories from the 20's...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76321683">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was absolutely horrible.  I'm not sure what the worst part was; the terrible character development, the sloppy flip-flopping between the 1920's and the current time, or the absolutely ridiculous plotline.<br/><br/>The sex scenes in this book were just down-right gross.  They added absolu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75018645">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a great psychological read! I was drawn to this novel because of the short introduction on the back cover and I’m very happy that I picked it up.<br/><br/>I loved the back-story of family history running parallel with the narrative of current events. There were mysteries within the protagon...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75911158">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="74277887">
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    <body><![CDATA[This started out so promising. However, halfway through (and that's a long way in a 500+ page book) it just went down hill for me. My first glimpse of weak writing was the dialoque between MAdeline and Ethan.Cheesy! Also Ethan was a neurologist who frequently used poor grammar. I guess it was suppos...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74277887">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I honestly had no idea where this book was going and that doesn't happen too often.  I enjoyed the back and forth between the two time periods though I did find the fact that you didn't necessarily learn anything a bit frustrating.  No true answers are provided which I hope is intentional and not a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77689947">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Oct 29 16:53:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read the back of this book and it sounds ridiciulously haunting... in a good way! I love the whole psychologist character and ghosts and all that. It's perfect, fitting the calling with the horror. I know I'll love it once I buy and read it!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh my goodness...I can think of a handful of you guys who love this book - at first I was attracted to it due to its gothic qualities but then you add the local touch - characters traveling to Vacherie to get medical treatment!...it's worth the read, I think - still trying not to compare the author ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72130541">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked it. Could have had a stronger ending but it was pretty good. It definitely kept my interest. ]]></body>
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