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    <body><![CDATA[(This is not a helpful Review. It's a rant about my personal life. And really only able to be understood by my friends....)<br/><br/>So, this was my Junior IB Summer Assigned Reading. <br/><br/>And for those of you reading this review that are not International Baccalaureate Students, let me int...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60281109">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was sorting through old paperbacks at the Humane Society Fundraiser and found this little gem. I had greatly enjoyed her short stories. This is a bit less polished, but very funny and the images of the South of the time are quite striking. <br/><br/>PS - I know I should read the Optimist's Daugh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46145395">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was, if nothing else, at least entertaining.  Once you get past the fact that it's written in Southern dialect, the story itself is reasonably compelling.  Although I will admit that, had I not spent most of the day waiting for my tires to be changed, I probably wouldn't have started this ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81394626">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Typical Eudora Welty humorous satirical grasp of Southern living. I laughed out loud at her eccentric and endearing characters and at their zany adventures.  This short, easy read is a delight!  Welty is an artistic genius!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What can I say? Book two in my journey through Welty and I can't say that she has continued to impress. I have read some of the other reviews on the site and seem to be one of the few (if not the only one) that has the Southern background to appreciate where Welty was coming from. But Uncle Daniel i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39161895">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This took me a while to read, definitely not a page-turner. The twist at the end makes you wonder...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Anything I have to say about Eudora Welty's writing would be grossly inadequate.  She is a wonder with words, story, character development, and so subtly humorous (but always right on target).  I've not read anything of hers that I haven't loved.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;Uncle Daniel Ponder, whose fortune is exceeded only by his desire to give it away, is a source of vexation for his niece, Edna Earle. Uncle Daniel&#8217;s trial for the alleged murder of his seventeen-year-old bride is a comic masterpiece. Awarded the William Dean Howells Medal of the american Academy of Arts and Letters. Drawings by Joe Krush.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite of Welty's fiction. ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;Uncle Daniel Ponder, whose fortune is exceeded only by his desire to give it away, is a source of vexation for his niece, Edna Earle. Uncle Daniel&#8217;s trial for the alleged murder of his seventeen-year-old bride is a comic masterpiece. Awarded the William Dean Howells Medal of the american Academy of Arts and Letters. Drawings by Joe Krush.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[hmm... just not as much a fan of the novels as of the short stories.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If you like human foibles, you'll enjoy this book.  I was slightly annoyed at the behavior of the male lead, but that's my personality and doesn't reflect the quality of the book.]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 19 10:04:55 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'll admit that I didn't enjoy this that much. I am going to check out the movie. I usually enjoy stories of southern eccentricity, but the ending left me cold.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Ponder Heart]]>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;Uncle Daniel Ponder, whose fortune is exceeded only by his desire to give it away, is a source of vexation for his niece, Edna Earle. Uncle Daniel&#8217;s trial for the alleged murder of his seventeen-year-old bride is a comic masterpiece. Awarded the William Dean Howells Medal of the american Academy of Arts and Letters. Drawings by Joe Krush.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was picked by a friend of mine from the south.  It is about the south and had a lot of irony in it.  It was fun to read but not my favorite]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;Uncle Daniel Ponder, whose fortune is exceeded only by his desire to give it away, is a source of vexation for his niece, Edna Earle. Uncle Daniel&#8217;s trial for the alleged murder of his seventeen-year-old bride is a comic masterpiece. Awarded the William Dean Howells Medal of the american Academy of Arts and Letters. Drawings by Joe Krush.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Now that I live in the South it was fun to read a book that was based here a few dozen years ago.  Lots of irony in this book, very fun.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Ponder Heart]]>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;Uncle Daniel Ponder, whose fortune is exceeded only by his desire to give it away, is a source of vexation for his niece, Edna Earle. Uncle Daniel&#8217;s trial for the alleged murder of his seventeen-year-old bride is a comic masterpiece. Awarded the William Dean Howells Medal of the american Academy of Arts and Letters. Drawings by Joe Krush.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great characters, yet not being acquainted fully with this  southern culture, I could not identify with some of the issues. ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;Uncle Daniel Ponder, whose fortune is exceeded only by his desire to give it away, is a source of vexation for his niece, Edna Earle. Uncle Daniel&#8217;s trial for the alleged murder of his seventeen-year-old bride is a comic masterpiece. Awarded the William Dean Howells Medal of the american Academy of Arts and Letters. Drawings by Joe Krush.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed the story, but it was like a soap opera...I could skim and still get the idea.]]></body>
    
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