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    <updated_at>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:44:19 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Inspiring, but somewhat dull. The author is an extremely admirable person, but he writes in a very straightforward manner that makes the book interesting but not special.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:14:14 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Not as good as her second book, The Girls (which is a wonderful book), but this one turned out to be pretty darn good.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:53:08 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A touching memoir with an edge. Great writing.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:09:12 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[added: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6464937-too-much-happiness">Too Much Happiness: Stories (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6410.Alice_Munro">Alice Munro</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:19:25 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I'm not sure how to rate this book. I know the writing is top-notch, but I just don't like short stories as a general rule. I loved an earlier collection of Munro's short stories (Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage), but this new one just didn't do it for me. I'm more disappointed i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79230297">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:29:30 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:06:23 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Penelope Lively is one of my favorite authors. Her latest novel is very good, but not one of her best.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:01:56 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Oh no, that's a bummer. I've got the book here from the library.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:38:35 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Sweet memoir about an autistic boy and his dog.]]></body>
        
    
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