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  <title>&lt;![CDATA[The New Yorkers: A Novel]]&gt;</title>
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 12 18:14:47 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The best way I can describe this book is &quot;comforting.&quot;  I like comforting.  I have never lived in NYC, but if I ever do, I'd like to live on this street.  It's an ensemble story about the intersecting lives of a group of neighbors (and, importantly, their dogs) on an otherwise unremarkable little street in Manhattan.  Cathleen Schine has commented that, in the wake of 9/11, she wanted to write a sort of love letter to NYC...and this book feels every bit that love letter.  As I moved through it, the book became a quiet, safe place that I could visit each time I sat down to read.  While the reader won't go tearing through the pages to discover the next breathless plot development, I think there's great merit to a story that has a pleasant, rolling pace and civilized characters that the reader can take the time to get to know on intimate terms.  Enjoy...]]></body>
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