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    <updated_at>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:18:07 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[I forgot that I had read one of her books way back in 1999.  Reading your review, I recalled the book.  I will have to get back to this series!  Thanks]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68098.Fatal_Remedies">Fatal Remedies (Commissario Brunetti #8)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16290.Donna_Leon">Donna Leon</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:16:07 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:45:51 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[If you read and liked Snowflower and the Secret Fan, you will enjoy this book too.  It takes place in China and is actually a historical novel.  I read it quickly.  It's an easy read and you'll learn a bit about women's literacy back in the 1600s.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:47:16 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[It is a quick read and interesting.  The book has very high ratings across goodreads but I couldn't give it a &quot;4&quot;.  There are better books that you can read.  Story revolves around a twenty something Kentucky woman, who ends up with a 3 year old Cherokee Indian girl (really?  you just take...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65194553">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:58:23 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Really good book -- 4 short stories.  The book is 350 pages long.  All 4 stories are told from the perspective of a child living in an African country.  It's the human side to the stories that read about in the newspaper or see on tv.  It brings their stories to life.]]></body>
        
    
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