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    <body><![CDATA[I love books where everyone drinks too much and it's always really hot out and people have names like Ryder Channing.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Awesome!  Loved this book.  It reminded me of &quot;East of Eden&quot; but shorter.  A glimpse into a family, this novel gets it right on the details and intricacies of relationships. Didion's writing is sharp and lovely.  Her descriptions of Northern CA and characters are so succinct yet so rich.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53219884">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is amazing. A friend recommended it to me, it's actually Joan Didion's first novel which makes it all the more incredible.  A tragic story of a grand old American family in the midst of decline, it's sharp, acutely observed, and really worth reading.  Lots of love and death to keep you turning ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50096860">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[When I read a solid book, with characters I can empathize with, I appreciate it. When that book is bookended (no pun) with 20-ish pages at front and back outlining some plot twist (a murder in this case) I wonder whether such an addition was necessary.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't think this book will have many fans among second-wave feminists, but I couldn't get enough of Lily and Martha and their dependence on men and alcohol. Didion renders their weaknesses elegant.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was not expecting to like this. But if you're a fan of Joan Didion, there are some things you have to do. I was surprised: I loved the way she nailed obscurely familiar personalities -- the odd one who never quite feels solid on the complexities of small talk and door-holding, the petty knife-twis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21977932">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite books...actually just finished reading it for the second time.  I think it's one of Didion's best works, along with <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/424.Slouching_Towards_Bethlehem_Essays" title="Slouching Towards Bethlehem  Essays by Joan Didion">Slouching Towards Bethlehem</a></em>.  The book deals with the idea of California as promised land, as do most of her other books, and also with the failure of that concept. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1176557">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book changed me. I loved it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[3.75, in fact.  Why aren't we allowed fractional stars?<br/><br/>This is literally old ground for me.  Didion tells this story in a way that makes me want to read it out loud, just to get the voices right.  I read this years ago, and more California history has gone by, and I am still fond of this...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32834930">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm a big fan of Didion, what woman isn't?  Starts off weak (for my taste), however a few chapters later I'm reassured why I'm reading Didion fiction.  The woman writes a good metaphor.  So good I wonder if it's only blithely understood, masked in the foreground, a glimpse of the landscape.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my first exposure to Joan Didion, and my friend Amber gave it to me as a birthday gift one year, saying it was one of her favorites. Didion has a true gift for writing. Another one of those books I didn't expect much from and it ended up moving me deeply. One of my all time favorites.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Other than <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/428.Play_It_As_It_Lays_A_Novel" title="Play It As It Lays  A Novel by Joan Didion">Play It As It Lays</a>, this is possibly my favorite novel of hers. I have made it my mission to read everything else by her. Simply put, Joan Didion is a great writer. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A very good book, especially for a first. Joan Didion begins on the first of a few explorations of the idea of unwanted children/abortions and poor communication amongst lovers. A very good exploration of ranch life as well. A slow and meticulous story. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Joan Didion's words both burn and chill. I am enamored with this book, and I do not know why. I guess because it is so radically different than anything I have yet to experience in my very short life. <br/>]]></body>
    
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