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  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Years ago, Lynne was up early for her morning workout in the Pacific and finds herself being followed by a baby gray whale, separated from its mother.  So, she and several others in the community set out to reunite Grayson (the baby gray) with his mother.  Most of the story details the rare and unexpected life she finds deep in the ocean while searching for the mother whale.  <br/><br/>Unfortunately, I didn't think the story lived up to all of the rave reviews I got before I picked it up.  Her encounters with the life under the sea are interesting, but not enough to actually make the story.  I just found it to be a little boring and filled with a lot of &quot;had to be there&quot; moments.  The description was not enough to take me there in my mind.<br/><br/>A sweet story with lessons to be learned, but the writing was lacking and I would definitely not count it as a favorite. ]]></body>
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