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          <body><![CDATA[Wow! This book was so fantastic. I couldn't put it down. Taking place in the racist South of the 1960s, this book follows the lives of three women - two black, one white - and how they treat and are treated by women of the opposite race. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:25:04 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This was a fun and quick book to read but it would have been better if Isaac Mizrahi jumped out of the pages and helped me tackle my closet and shopping. Also, if you don't fit into one of the categories in the book, then this really won't help you that much.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:16:34 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book was a very fast read and entertaining. The author told a lot of funny stories about her crazy family and the strange way in which she grew up and how that affected her ability to get a job and live independently. It also made me miss VH1's Pop-Up Video. That was such a good show.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:36:52 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Every time I read books like this, I get super charged up and want to do something to bring about change. This book shows us why our country and the world needs to go green. It's not just about global warming - it's more economical, it will offer more jobs, it will help impoverished countries, and i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42370386">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:48:37 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[At times this book could be tedious. But I did like that the author not only focused on her own breast cancer gene mutation, but also on other gene mutations, as well, and how they are being treated. This is not a book that you can cuddle up with in bed.]]></body>
        
    
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