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    <body><![CDATA[I so enjoyed reading this book.  I did not want to put it down, but I did not want it to end.  The friendships, the joys, the sorrows, the love, it was all there.  I hope to read more by Heather Barbieri!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Just in time for summer comes The Lace Makers of Glenmara (available next Tuesday). I'm a sucker for books set in Ireland (note the entire Maeve Binchy library over there in my GoodReads widget), and this one hits all the notes: lousy weather, rugged terrain, mysterious travellers, witty elders.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60263550">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I received an Advance Reader’s Edition of this title, which will be published in July 2009.  It tells the story of Kate, a young woman from Seattle who has recently lost her mother to cancer, and her live-in boyfriend of five years to a young model.  To add insult to injury, she is a clothing desi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54001484">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[“THE LACE MAKERS OF GLENMARA is a charming, moving story, written with a delicate touch” ~Joanne Harris, author of <em>Chocolat</em> and <em>The Girl with No Shadow</em><br/><br/>Strictly for my personal tastes, this book was at times maybe too delicate, but definitely moving. <br/><br/>Some sentences were lo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68388377">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The Lace Makers of Glenmara is a beautiful, heartfelt story of grief, friendship, adventure, tradition, love, and so much more. While traveling in Ireland, Kate Robinson happens upon the tiny village of Glenmara, and little does she know that her life will never be the same. The women of the village...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75610394">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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