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    <![CDATA[<strong>All that matters for Cadi Forbes</strong> is finding the one man who can set her free from the sin that plagues her days and nights...the sin that has stolen her mother's love from her and made her wish she could flee life and its terrible justice.<br/><br/><strong>She knows it's forbidden,</strong> that doing so will bring curses down on her--but something deep and instinctive moves her, against all dire warnings, to find the &quot;sin eater.&quot;<br/><br/><strong>Before their journeys are over,</strong> Cadi and the sin eater must face themselves, each other--and the One who will demand all from them in exchange for the answers they seek.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my all time favorites!  A great story set in the isolation of the Appalachian Mountains. I loved the generational relationships between the older women in the community and the children.  Also, just the unpredictablity of the storyline.  A great read! ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>1999 Gold Medallion Award winner!</strong> <br/>A repackage of Francine Rivers's beloved novel, now with stunning movie stills from the motion picture releasing in January 2007 and bonus discussion questions. <p>All that matters for Cadi Forbes is finding the one man who can set her free from the sin that plagues her, the sin that has stolen her mother's love from her and made her wish she could flee life and its terrible injustice. But Cadi doesn't know that the &quot;sin eater&quot; is seeking as well. Before their journeys are over, Cadi and the sin eater must face themselves, each other, and the One who will demand everything from them in exchange for the answers they seek. A captivating tale of suffering, seeking, and redemption.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Let me begin by saying that this book starts out so captivating that I wanted to weep at times.  The story is set in the 1850s West Virginia Appalachians and is about young ten-year old Katy who considers herself the propagator of her younger sister's death and suffers from major league depression t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69344092">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>1999 Gold Medallion Award winner!</strong> <br/>A repackage of Francine Rivers's beloved novel, now with stunning movie stills from the motion picture releasing in January 2007 and bonus discussion questions. <p>All that matters for Cadi Forbes is finding the one man who can set her free from the sin that plagues her, the sin that has stolen her mother's love from her and made her wish she could flee life and its terrible injustice. But Cadi doesn't know that the &quot;sin eater&quot; is seeking as well. Before their journeys are over, Cadi and the sin eater must face themselves, each other, and the One who will demand everything from them in exchange for the answers they seek. A captivating tale of suffering, seeking, and redemption.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[My bookish blogging friends challenged my disdain for Francine Rivers (which I picked up from my fav. college lit professor, who called Rivers Christian crap-o-rama). Maybe I was being too harsh. Maybe there was a depth to Rivers that is often missing in popular Christian fiction. <br/><br/>Well -...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56776749">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>1999 Gold Medallion Award winner!</strong> <br/>A repackage of Francine Rivers's beloved novel, now with stunning movie stills from the motion picture releasing in January 2007 and bonus discussion questions. <p>All that matters for Cadi Forbes is finding the one man who can set her free from the sin that plagues her, the sin that has stolen her mother's love from her and made her wish she could flee life and its terrible injustice. But Cadi doesn't know that the &quot;sin eater&quot; is seeking as well. Before their journeys are over, Cadi and the sin eater must face themselves, each other, and the One who will demand everything from them in exchange for the answers they seek. A captivating tale of suffering, seeking, and redemption.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Quite an interesting piece of fiction...weird!<br/><br/>From dust jacket:<br/><br/>&quot;Cadi Forbes knows it's forbidden, that doing so will bring curses down on her - but something deep and instinctive moves her, against all dire warnings, to find the &quot;sin eater.&quot;<br/><br/>No matte...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50261138">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>1999 Gold Medallion Award winner!</strong> <br/>A repackage of Francine Rivers's beloved novel, now with stunning movie stills from the motion picture releasing in January 2007 and bonus discussion questions. <p>All that matters for Cadi Forbes is finding the one man who can set her free from the sin that plagues her, the sin that has stolen her mother's love from her and made her wish she could flee life and its terrible injustice. But Cadi doesn't know that the &quot;sin eater&quot; is seeking as well. Before their journeys are over, Cadi and the sin eater must face themselves, each other, and the One who will demand everything from them in exchange for the answers they seek. A captivating tale of suffering, seeking, and redemption.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really wanted to like this book because a friend recommended it to me who absolutely loved it, so I scarfed it down in three days so that we could go watch the movie in theaters together.<br/>I came to a conclusion, my friend mostly reads Christian fiction, and I mostly don't.  I just didn't care ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73701368">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow! Despite the unusual title   I picked up this book at the library because I have liked everything else I had read by Francine Rivers. The story takes place in  the Smoky Mountains in the 1850's. The residents of this small hamlet believe that opon death one's sins are removed by offering food an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64121408">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>1999 Gold Medallion Award winner!</strong> <br/>Set in 1850s Appalachia, <em>The Last Sin Eater</em> is the story of a community committed to its myth of a human &quot;sin eater,&quot; who absolves the dead of their sins, and the ten-year-old child who shows them the truth in Jesus.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an amazing book that tells of a young girls deliverance from the weight and burden of sin.  A historical fiction account of the Great Smokey Mountain clans coming from Scotland who reinvent the practice of Sin Eating.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book.  Kinda weird, but I really liked the message about grace.  Again, good redemption theme runs throughout.  Lilybet cracked me up!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Unfortunately, I thought this was a very &quot;cheesy Christian&quot; book...  Usually I really like Francine Rivers.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, I actually didn't finish this book, but instead watched the movie so my rating is based on the movie.  I know that there are a lot of differences between the book and the movie, but I wasn't able to renew the book at the library so I had to go with this option.  There are fewer characters in t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61686309">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[First off, to be honest, this is a review of the story through watching the film. I had purchased the book, the newest edition that shows that it is now a &quot;feature film&quot; and my husband saw it and rented it for me. His mistake, now he must go buy it! <br/><br/>This story is incredible! (A...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4134859">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I couldn't put this one down after the first few chapters.  &quot;Sin Eaters&quot; were common several hundred years ago in England.  A Sin Eater was some one who was given food and wine to eat and drink in ceremony at a person's funeral, and by doing so was believed to be taking upon himself the si...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81259308">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Francine Rivers writes this fiction, The Last Sin Eater, based on a folklore practice found in parts of England and Scotland of a person who would take on the sins of the deceased (through the ritual of eating bread and drinking ale) so that the soul who had passed away could rest in peace. <br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36144969">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[When I started The Last Sin Eater, I couldn't put it down. I read the first half in one night. Unfortunately, as the story went on, I got bored. There were certainly some touching moments but at times I felt like I was attending a born again tent revival. The last few chapters got so heavy and repet...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40752845">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I saw the movie of this book and thought it was great, so I wanted to read the book and I must say, this book is extremely inspiring and well-written! It made me cry, laugh, and do some serious thinking. I would definitely reccomend it to anyone. I loved it! As soon as I finished it, I wanted to tur...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44674519">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a very interesting book.  At first I wasn't sure I was going to enjoy it, but by the end it was hard to put down and a very good read.  This book would be great for all those with a Christian background.  It even has discussion questions at the end, so it would make a great book club bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58375137">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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