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    <name><![CDATA[Christy]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat May 02 05:26:31 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 08 06:39:44 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Following girls through their growth from middle school into high school and then into college. This took place in the 60s and 70s. The main character Carmel battles a variety of things including anorexia, a broken relationship, trouble with her parents and issues between friends she grew up with as opposed to new ones she makes along the way. Other girls end up dealing with pregnancy, abortion comes into play, money issues while in college. Definitely a feminism air to the story, religious undertones since Carmel goes to a religious school and then ends up losing all belief in God.<br/><br/>It was an interesting enough read, but the author left a lot unsaid which had to be inferred even in the ending and I had trouble with that. Especially after the fire, what we are left to assume just doesn't sit well or make sense to me. ]]></body>
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