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    <body><![CDATA[I see I'm not the only person raving about this book. I just plucked it off the shelf in the Popular Library, &amp; my luck there has not been all that great so I was a bit dubious . . . but within seconds of starting to read I could tell that this writer's hand is sure, &amp; the longer I read the more ama...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65351043">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a book that’s seriously hard to love. When I say this, I don’t mean that this is a horribly written book or anything. In fact, I think the writing is lovely, if sometimes a little overwrought. No, what makes this book hard to read is the fact that none of the characters are likeable. The...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78569013">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Unbelievably incredibly spectacularly wildly amazingly awesome. Like other books for which the preceding is not hyperbole, this novel kind of ruined me for other books for a while. But it was worth it. Thank you, Preeta. Such a gift.  <br/><br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is interesting what this book has to say about affirmative action,  since the main characters are Malaysian citizens of Indian heritage (incidentally, the author shares this background). To put it bluntly, the characters seem to find that affirmative action has stunted their potential for success...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41719153">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a hauntingly beautiful novel.  Simultaneously filled with hope and despair, Ms Samarasan gives us characters who are never just stereotypes (although sometimes the accurate depiction of certain characteristics comes dangerously close to a stereotypical presentation).  No, what Ms Samarasan h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25510371">more...</a>]]></body>
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