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          <body><![CDATA[What can I say?  I love Diane's books.  They are readable, intriguing and entertaining.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:43:36 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I was very excited to get an advanced copy of this book.  I have been waiting for Pat Conroy to give us another tome.  <br/><br/>I really enjoyed this book.  It is very typical Pat Conroy, lots of tragedy and hard times.  It follows a young man  and a group of friends from their senior year in Hig...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66045545">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 27 May 2009 13:55:04 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I was disappointed.  I read about half of it, but found myself wishing I was finished or had never started.  I don't force myself to finish books because there are so many great books out there.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 19 May 2009 15:26:57 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Great review.  After finishing this book, I just wanted to mull it over and then talk about it.  I love the way you added quotes.  ]]></body>
        
    
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