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    <updated_at>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:11:08 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:30:07 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Ahhh... very satisfying.  This collection of short stories is best read in short doses, story by story, as most feature similar characters and situations, i.e. bad marriages, discontent women.  Still, I love Thompson's structure and intermingling of first and third person voices.  She really knows h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76772654">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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