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    <body><![CDATA[Philadelphia is not only the home of the quintessentially American Liberty Bell, cheese steak, and Rocky, but now Philadelphia offers us another American original: Pat Peoples, the neurologically-damaged, ex-wife pining, mother-loving, uber Eagles fan protagonist of Matthew Quick's dazzling debut no...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25944491">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fantastic!  Started to read it at 10pm and didn't stop until I finished. It kept me awake thinking about it for a while afterward too. <br/><br/>Pat Peoples is released from a neural heath facility and can't figure out how long he's been there or even why he was there.  He has a purpose- to get ba...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46726975">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Remember when you read this that Pat Peoples spent 4 years in a <em>neural</em> health facility, not a <em>mental</em> health facility. <br/><br/>I liked this book for several reasons.  I really cared about the characters, especially Pat--I liked seeing the world through his eyes. There is a simpleness about him, y...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65266310">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wasn't expecting it to, but this book won me over. I guess my apprehension began with the narrator. He's mentally unstable, and his mom has to take care of him as though he's a child. This sort of protagonist at first reminded me of all those '90's and early 00's movies--Benny and Joon, Rain Man, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43555535">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to admit that, for a variety of reasons, I was initially biased against this book, especially since I've got my own book about Eagles fanaticism, Philadelphia, and father-son relationships coming out next year, and so I was maybe predisposed toward disliking this novel regardless of how good ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37893014">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The premise of this book was so unique and I thought the story was well thought-out.  It was disconcerting to me how the main characters were obviously so intelligent, yet at times spoke as if they were children.  I thought that it was a little degrading at times of those suffering mental illness.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42083032">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very charming book recommended as a summer read by Nancy Pearl on NPR.  Sweet story about a man who has spent time in a mental institution and is trying to get his wife back and end their &quot;apart&quot; time.  The narrator has a distinctive and well-developed voice.  This very much reminded me ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60616606">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Matthew Quick's penetrating story about a man itching to reclaim a fading past is hopeful and endearing.  The narrator's failing grip on his own reality becomes shocking to the reader as the story slowly unravels.  Despite his recent past spent in a mental institution and the gaps in his memory, his...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55215269">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pat Peoples is just out of ‘the Bad Place’ – an institution where he’s been for the past four years after a massive breakdown. He believes his life is a movie written and directed by God. He has a terror of Kenny G who haunts him in the night. He’s lost his life and his home, and only live...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36668922">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Our protagonist is coping with mental illness and a traumatic brain injury. He has huge, multi-year gaps in his memory. <br/><br/>Meanwhile, the story is set against the Philadelphia Eagles 2006 season (the season appeared over when quarterback Donovan McNabb was injured, but backup QB Jeff Garcia...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32703404">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book as a summer read.  It is a story about really serious stuff -- institutionalization, failing/failed marriages, families straining to communicate.  Yet, it managed to be hopeful without being hokey and was laugh out loud funny at points.  There is a psychologist who does not make me...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66244778">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting story told from the perspective of someone who has been in a mental institution for years and is not trying to negotiate a reunion with his former spouse.  His family and therapist are all unbalanced, so at times he appears to be the most normal of the group.<br/><br/>Similar to &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64003945">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pearl's Pick recommended this one, and it was GREAT.  In a funny kind of way the main character reminded me of Junie B. Jones, except he's a guy, and he's 35, and he's mentally ill.  The exact type of mental illness is left pretty vague, but at the beginning of the book, the main character had just ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43704186">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yay for Pat Peoples!!! This book was a really good read and many I know would enjoy it. Since I have always lived in the Philadelphia area and am surrounded by crazy Eagles fans, I realy got the the feel of the story. I like how the story was told by Pat and he only knew part of what happened to him...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63460480">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I listened to this on CD, which is always a different experience than reading it. This is a story about a man who has just returned home after being institutionalized for several years at the &quot;bad place.&quot;  His family lives in South Jersey where everyone (except the women but including his ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75456192">more...</a>]]></body>
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