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  <read_at>Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jun 18 23:23:35 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 18 23:50:56 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A novel quite to my liking. I`m always interested in novels which deal with family matters. Here we are introduced to an ordinary family- a working and detached father,a mother who passes her days in daydreaming,and two daughters-the bright one and the dumb one. Nora is the dumb one and after her mother declares once that she preferred her sister,Nora decided to go away from home. She finds a job and a few friends. Her life seems settled down until Alex,her father,leaves her mother for another woman. Maisie falls apart and cannot be left alone.It is agreed beforehandly that it should be Nora who has to quit her job and move in with her mother. However,Nora refuses to obey this plan and runs away for the second time.<br/><br/>I liked the way the characters evolved through the novel. They moved and changed,and also their relationship changed with the time.At the end,everyone from the family seemed to have settled some peace with himself.Each of them changed,and through this change managed to find a better relationship. ]]></body>
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