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  <title><![CDATA[Lady of the Snakes]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Jane Levitsky is a bright light in the field of nineteenth-century Russian literature, making her name as an expert on the novels of Grigory Karkov and the diaries of his wife, the long-suffering Masha Karkova. Jane is also wife to sweet, reasonable Billy and mother to lovable (if demanding) Maisie, roles she&amp;#8217;s finding surprisingly challenging to juggle along with her ambitions. But when Jane uncovers evidence that Masha may have been more than muse and helpmeet to her famous husband, she seizes her ticket to academic superstardom. Little does she know that she has set in motion a chain of events that will come perilously close to unraveling both her marriage and her career. Lady of the Snakes will be instantly familiar&amp;#8212;and instantly unforgettable&amp;#8212;to any woman who has ever aspired to have it all. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2008</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Rachel Pastan]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Apr 27 18:21:17 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The descriptions of how Jane felt as a new mother were so refreshing.  As women these days, we all know that we will probably become mothers some day, but we receive no hands on training for it.  Our identities change overnight.  It took me a long time to rediscover ourselves in the midst of all the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19789173">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24031527">
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jun 08 20:39:58 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Aug 30 21:55:03 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty good literary mystery and motherhood/marriage drama. I liked it enough to look forward to reading it, but not enough to rave about it. There were some plot lines I just didn't buy relating to the main character as a mother, but overall, a good read.]]></body>
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    <review id="61739151">
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jul 01 05:24:37 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 20 05:37:02 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[this was a book i had a hard time putting down.  i loved the voice of the narrator -- very cool and accessible, very clear.  the character of jane was very refreshing, her various dilemmas felt totally believable and occasionally tragic.  the &quot;story-within-a-story&quot; worked well and was the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61739151">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="31489216">
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    <name><![CDATA[Anastasia]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[my middle class women friends with kids]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 28 19:46:40 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 29 23:05:48 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's been a very long time since I've read a book that has spoken to me on as personal a level as this one. I think Pastan did an amazing job of writing an engaging, smart, very readable novel while also articulating work-motherhood-partnership struggle so many middle class (white?) women are curren...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31489216">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="29113587">
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    <name><![CDATA[Elise]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Aug 03 06:02:37 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 03 14:59:14 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was such a fun beach read...a 19th century literary mystery combined with a little modern motherhood angst about the challenges of trying to really have it all - family, career,  &amp; self.  A couple of wry observations that stuck with me: <br/><br/>On how a newborn changes everything - &quot;Th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29113587">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="6879562">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 27 05:41:55 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 20 09:52:58 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an amazing book!  Part academic mystery, part an examination of a working woman’s compromises, it is filled with wonderful, expressive language and perfectly-constructed images.  We follow Jane Levitsky during her first year as an assistant professor at UW-Madison, dealing with the grind ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6879562">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46565506">
    <user id="597629">
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  <date_added>Mon Feb 16 16:28:43 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 16 16:35:09 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good, not great.  Contemporary woman seeking to &quot;have it all&quot; as mother, wife &amp; careerist who finds a parallel in a historical figure she's researching.  A story within a story...discovering hidden truths.  This style of uncovering historical mysteries (via the &quot;hidden&quot; letter) h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46565506">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23260646">
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an AMAZING novel. The observational skills of the author regarding relationships (personal and professional) are incredible. And the way she was able to put them into words was so satisfying. Several times I was just blown away thinking I have felt like that but didn't know how to verbalize ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23260646">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23383742">
    <user id="115525">
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    <location><![CDATA[New Haven, CT]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[An easy, digestible summer read, though undeniably &quot;midcult&quot; in the same vein as Ann Patchett's <em>Bel Canto</em> or Kate Christensen's <em>The Great Man</em> -- i.e. it's a book about intellectuals that really isn't intellectual at all.  Best enjoyed with a pina colada on a lounge chair while on vacation ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23383742">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12822465">
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    <location><![CDATA[Waukegan, IL]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone who's had to juggle multiple roles]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 18 05:20:42 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 09 05:04:26 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A nicely complex novel about academia, motherhood, marriage, and literary influences.  Jane is a first-year professor of Slavic Literature at UW-Madison but also a mother of a demanding two-year-old named Maisie and wife to Billy.  She has focused her scholarly interests on the journals of Masha Kar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12822465">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39018728">
    <user id="888633">
    <name><![CDATA[Elizabeth]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Dec 01 07:38:44 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ok, finally a book I really liked.  I thought this was from the same author as Klausen's Pier and Songs w/out Words, but it wasn't.  I really liked the characer and of course related to her struggle with work/baby/husband balance.  My favorite read in a loooong time!]]></body>
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    <review id="60109050">
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    <name><![CDATA[Rachael]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Jun 17 18:59:29 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Part mystery, part historical fiction, part mystical...but mainly the story of one women's struggle to balance family and career.  This central theme is cliché, but the background story taking place in Russia during the 1800's is fascinating.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="23166418">
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book on NPR's list of summer reads.  It is a well-written and well-developed novel that manages to be academic as well as popular.  The protagantist finds herself in the midst of an academic/research conspiracy while simulataneoulsy struggling to balance the demands/role/desires of moth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23166418">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49175905">
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  <read_at>Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Diverting story about an academic trying to juggle career and motherhood.  Her family life spirals out of control while she's trying to figure it out, in some predictable ways. But the Russian literary couple that the author creates are compelling.]]></body>
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    <review id="17017925">
    <user id="768999">
    <name><![CDATA[Nette]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought this book after reading a rave review praising its realistic portrayal of a woman trying to juggle her marriage, her baby, and her career in academia.  But it turns out that the heroine is researching a Russian literary giant, and it seemed like half the damn book consisted of passages from...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17017925">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32917266">
    <user id="70205">
    <name><![CDATA[Angela]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Rachel is a former teacher of mine, and so I was excited to see this attention all this book was getting (and also a little annoyed - I waited months to get it from the library until finally giving in and buying it!).  This was a great, smart (dare I say feminist?) book.  Which also made me grumble ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32917266">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60685030">
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    <body><![CDATA[past and present, duty and desire all collide in this well-written novel that most WOTH (work outside the home) moms will relate to.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't remember how this book made its way onto my to-read list, so when I picked it up at the library, I wasn't sure about it. When it started, I had only looked at the cover and briefly read the inside flap and developed pre-conceived notions about what this book would be. But I was totally wrong...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19714474">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[started out great. lost steam. a fun read and hit very well on the mother/self idea. ]]></body>
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