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    <body><![CDATA[Since this book was published in 1983, I had been skipping over it on the library shelves, figuring I must have already read it.  When I actually picked it up, I realized that it's totally different than the Anna Pigeon series I'm used to from Nevada Barr.  It's a historical novel about two women in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57329997">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not well written. I was going to say that it wasn't badly written, either, although that isn't exactly true - but it's written in such a way that I can go for several pages at a time without seeing a piece of writing that I would have done differently.<br/><br/>Similarly, I didn't really like eith...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34129899">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Bittersweet indeed! Beautifully told tale of the love between two women in the late 19th century and how they made a life for themselves, sometimes on their own terms, sometimes by bending the truth. The ending is sad (of course), but honest for historical accuracy. Nobody writes about the wildernes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47879765">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked all the characters.  I had a problem with every hetero sexual experience for Sarah was attempted rape or otherwise violent.  I never felt like she knew she was gay.  She was just lost, confused and depressed, and just latched onto the one person who loved her without strings.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book to be more of an historical novel than a love story between two women.  It follows the lives of two Frontier women living in the West.  One woman is a strong, determined character who has moments of weakness but always gathers her strength to do what must be done.<br/><br/>The ot...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16462343">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I got this book for fifty cents at a chich book sale and what a buy. The story is about 2 women in the who travel from PA out to Nevada when it is first being settled. The relationship beween them builds and you get to care very deepl about their lives They fcae down so much hate and sadness but in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4173857">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Nevada Barr, I'm not a love story fan in general but don't care whether someone is gay or not when reading one. I just couldn't find a way to enjoy this book. The writing didn't work for me and either did the story itself.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book had a very interesting plot and good character development. It gave a good idea of how difficult it would have been to be not only a woman in the late 1800's in the territories, but how difficult it would have been to be gay. A story of women's empowerment.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Actually, I didn't finish the very end of this book before I shared it with my mom. I liked the uniqueness of this book and my mom did, too. I'm going to have to revisit again sometime and finish it.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Strong women during a time when women were not allowed to express themselves.  Loved this one, top of my list of all time favorites.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i was hoping this would be a lot more steamy and sexy but honestly the most explicit scenes were rapes. shudder. the narrative build was also somewhat lacking, sadly. i did like the western-ness, shades of larry mcmurtry. made me want to read lesbian erotica by steinbeck...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not sure what I expected, but this wasn't too bad.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Definitely not her usual but very interesting.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A different look at lesbianism. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A non-mystery. Hm...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Nevada Barr's first novel back in 1983 and one of her best. She has two others that I've actually given five stars to. (Fire Storm and Blind Descent)The pathos of two women living together in 1875 and being driven from town to town as people suspected what they were. The reasons behind one of them t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23809552">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked it basically. This was Barr's first novel, so the writing is rough. The story and characters are interesting, though. ]]></body>
    
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