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    <updated_at>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:28:04 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2728527.The_Guernsey_Literary_and_Potato_Peel_Pie_Society">The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1194527.Mary_Ann_Shaffer">Mary Ann Shaffer</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:22:20 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:14:22 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The story of a book from it's creation to present day resting place. The author tracks it's history through the injuries to the book (wine spills, saltwater etc) and how they got them. Each story inter-relates to show how the 'owner' of the book recieved it and how they left their mark but the way t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/The%20story%20of%20a%20book%20from%20it's%20creation%20to%20present%20day%20resting%20place.%20The%20author%20tracks%20it's%20history%20through%20the%20injuries%20to%20the%20book%20(wine%20spills,%20saltwater%20etc)%20and%20how%20they%20got%20them.%20Each%20story%20inter-relates%20to%20show%20how%20the%20'owner'%20of%20the%20book%20recieved%20it%20and%20how%20they%20left%20their%20mark%20but%20the%20way%20they%20lose%20the%20book%20is%20shown%20only%20with%20the%20next%20story.%20Had%20me%20re-reading%20a%20lot.%0D%0AThe%20main%20character%20is%20believable%20although%20her%20gaucheness%20about%20being%20Australian%20was%20a%20wee%20bit%20irritating%20to%20me.%20That%20said%20the%20book%20is%20beautifully%20written%20with%20a%20huge%20amount%20of%20historical%20and%20book%20conservation%20research%20artfully%20included.%20Artful%20because%20it%20was%20so%20readable%20and%20not%20just%20a%20jumble%20of%20facts%20with%20a%20story%20attached.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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