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    <body><![CDATA[This book is chock-full of people and productions I know and love:<br/><br/>Kristin: A tiny little lady with one heck of a big voice. Loved her as Olive Snook in Pushing Daisies; loved her cameo in Glee; listen to the cast album of Wicked all the time (I saw it, too, but after she and Menzel had a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81073088">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was disappointing. She says right at the very end that it's not a &quot;tell all autobiography&quot; but a &quot;little slice autobiography&quot; and I kind of wish she'd said that at the beginning. I love her voice and she seems like a nice lady and all but the book meanders--she'll menti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73065249">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book! I was so good to hear from a Christian in show business who wasn't a total fake just playing it for audience reaction. I could relate to Kristin on many levels, be five foot nothin' myself. I sang along on many of the show tunes she mentioned, although I am painfully aware that hav...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66764674">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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