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          <body><![CDATA[I sat down to read this last night, and didn't put it down until I was finished.  It's a quick read but such a great story, and the author weaves present-day with a 70-year-old story with finesse.  I enjoyed it very much.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:09:43 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[melancholic. sort of the opposite of the coming-of-age novel.  it starts with the death of the main character's best friend and goes through a &quot;what now?&quot; reevaluation of values, goals, and identity.  it also looks into an actual affair during the potato famine. moving.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:06:50 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[LOVED this -- and I'm someone who has a very hard time suspending disbelief.  I wanted to always be reading this, and never finishing.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:05:34 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[this book is very enjoyable.  I really like Pearl's writing style, but was rather off-put by his last book (the Poe Shadow)'s main character who was basically a whiny rich kid.  So, I was a little hesitant when this was gifted to me.  But I really liked it -- there's adventure surrounding the last b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72237546">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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