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  <read_at>Sat Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Two adults embark on a self-finding/mother-finding journey to resolve their past. Adoption is a vehicle, rather than a theme, and while family plays an important role, there is no obsessions with it. <br/><br/>Trollope's adept at weaving lives together and I have read few books that imitate real life so well. Her ability to move from one character to the next, and to reach so deeply into each character is mesmerizing. There are a lot of characters though, so if you're Peefer, you should probably not read it. <br/><br/>I can't speak highly enough of Trollope. She doesn't write a single unnecessary word and yet her attention to detail is enveloping. Brilliant.]]></body>
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