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  <title><![CDATA[Things You Should Know: A Collection of Stories]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;p&gt;In this stunningly original collection, A. M. Homes writes with terrifying compassion about the things that matter most. Homes's distinctive narrative illuminates our dreams and desires, our memories and losses, and demonstrates how extraordinary the ordinary can be. With uncanny emotional accuracy, wit, and empathy, Homes takes us places we recognize but would rather not go alone.&lt;/p&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2002</original_publication_year>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A.M. Homes is so dark that I sometimes can't bear it. But this collection blew me away, especially the long story that fictionalizes Ronald and Nancy Reagan. It is fantastical yet realistic, hilarious and oddly moving. Actually I think that's what I like about A.M. Homes. She leaves me with a pleasa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40929796">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[There are only a few good stories in here, which serve as bookends for this largely uneven collection. The best of the lot are &quot;Remedy&quot;, &quot;The Former First Lady and the Football Hero&quot; (which appeared in Zoetrope), and my favorite, &quot;Rockets Around the Moon&quot;. &quot;Rockets...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62910960">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Everything I've read of AM Homes's writing has been - at least to me - all about finding the humanity in those we see as broken.  This collection isn't any different.  There is a part of her that seems to delight in grossing her reader out, to which anyone who read &quot;The End of Alice&quot; can a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51961310">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[this collection really surprised me. i don't know if i can put my finger on why, but just the diversity of stories told, the manner in which they are told, the risks of what kind activities go on in the stories...its a very full book and the stories stay with you. each deals, in very different ways,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60838901">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="37334834">
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  <date_added>Mon Nov 10 10:43:46 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read another collection of her short stories call The Safety of Objects.'  I read this book based on my experience with that one and based on a blurb at Salon.com.  For me- this book is a mixed bag.  All her stories kind have that feel you get when you see something horrible- like some gross injur...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37334834">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[At some points this excellent collection teeters unevenly, but when Homes is good she's amazing, and the best of these stories makes the price of admission worth it. If you've not read her work, Homes is known for her terse and funny prose and her satirical bent (her most famous story, &quot;A Real ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8966490">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66912941">
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    <body><![CDATA[I am in love with A.M. Homes.  I ended up savoring these stories as long as I could, but like any good addiction I devoured them.  This is the kind of writing I'm envious of people to have the first experience of.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Sep 11 18:23:13 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I struggled with what to rate this book.  It's well written without a doubt.  It's just depressing as can be.  Do not read this is you are in a vulnerable state of mind.  I can read some pretty dark memoirs and historical accounts but they are redeemed by story tellers who have survived and grown.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31543678">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="37423794">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have only vague memories of this collection of short stories.  I do remember their was a great story called Things You Should Know, that is sort of just about that.  Another good one is the imagined story of a day with Ronald Reagan after his presidency and deep into his alzheimers.  I might have ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37423794">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="669227">
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    <name><![CDATA[Marie]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I should preface this by saying I can't not like anything A.M. Homes writes. I will list all of her books here eventually. <br/>This wasn't my favorite of hers, but I still read it in its entirety in 4 hours.  Her characters, no matter how distanced from reality or reason, still draw me in.  I thin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/669227">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="28927324">
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite authors, this is a collection of short stories that really explores situations that might seem abnormal. It really goes deep into the dark side of the domestic life which friends an neighbors wouldn't notice on first or second glance. I think this is a great book to read for anyon...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28927324">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="27527165">
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    <body><![CDATA[I am a fan of the short-story, in general.  Homes pushes limits and takes unpredicted turns, as usual.  She is amazingly creative and creepy in a &quot;real&quot; way.  She doesn't have to create monsters because there are so many in human form.  I think that what she toys with is that we all are mo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27527165">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Mar 04 09:45:42 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wonder if any of you has heard of this book, or even the author? This book flew in under the radar and I'm glad that I picked it up. Lucky actually, because I choose it randomly at Myopic Books. Eventhough I've had little experiance reading short stories, I can say in confidence that this book des...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16147900">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2627693">
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is Homes at her warped best.  She really impressed me with this collection, especially with the brilliant short story &quot;Do Not Disturb&quot; which later was included in the O'Henry Awards anthology.  Homes has a vibrant imagination and her subjects and characters always shine on the page.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very strong collection, full of alienated voices that ring very American and very true. The standout for me was definitely the closing piece, an account of Nancy Reagan's life with RR after his decline into the hazy shroud of Alheimer's. Funny, unexpected, and tragic. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought this because of her story in The Better of McSweeney's, which was amazing. There were maybe one or two other stories that were alright...The rest might be okay for mindless reading in the bathtub. Probably not worth purchasing unless you get it used.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[yes, she is morbid. yes, this is depressing. but she is a fantastic writer who crafts characters with such edge and pain. and she does it without even pretending to have endured such pain herself (see James Frey and/or JT Leroy). ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[totally, absolutely wonderful.  i can't think of many times when a book has actually brought me to tears, but this one did.  and it made me laugh out loud too.  this is a good thing.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't know that this is what I thought about alienation in our culture until I read this. <br/><br/>It's like Homes translated Edvard Munch's &quot;The Scream&quot; into a novel.]]></body>
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