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    <body><![CDATA[(cuma mindah dari multiply:-P)<br/>Awalnya aku ngedit buku ini dengan ogah-ogahan...tapi ternyata di luar dugaanku: i like it a lot! ndak cukup suka sehingga direkomendasikan dengan kata-kata: it will change your life sih *Hohoho* tapi..cukup..mmm bukan cukup menghibur, karena ceritanya agak depres...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43903580">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The premise of this text initially impressed me but the whole thing was generally pedestrian, albeit very well written. The author should have stopped telling me how I was supposed to feel about Marie and concentrate more on showing me the Marie I could really understand and support.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this is about flannery o'connor. really incredible.]]></body>
    
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