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    <updated_at>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:40:05 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Just real and horrible enough to be absolutely terrifying.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/675323.After_You_d_Gone">After You'd Gone (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/91236.Maggie_O_Farrell">Maggie O'Farrell</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:02:03 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[&quot;She looks dead, Beth thinks, Alice looks dead.&quot;  The next page:  &quot;'What's with the guy Mike?' Beth asks.  ...  &quot;'Well, is he in love with her or something?  Typical of Alice - people still falling in love with her despite the small fact that she's in a coma.'&quot;<br/><br/>Th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73832658">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:08:06 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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