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    <updated_at>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:26:16 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Funny and charming. The best Southern book I've read in a long while.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:12:53 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A rare treat. A beautifully written page-turner. I loved this novel.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:10:23 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I finished the novel last night and really enjoyed it. Jen Weiner has such a lot of range. She can go from poignant to laugh-out-loud in just a few sentences. The novel is about a friendship that goes sour and then is resurrected and often has a madcap, Thelma and Louise-feel, especially when the tw...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63416327">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:26:53 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[One of the funniest books I've read since Bridget Jones Diary. A true stand-out in the chick lit genre. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:28:15 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Very clever with such a sprightly voice. Loved it.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:46:01 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[LOved it! Everything you want in a novel: wise, touching, warm and funny.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:25:51 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[LOVED it. Funny, suspenseful, affecting and just downright wonderful. It's amazing this is a debut book. Don't let the cancer thing put you off; this novel is about much more than illness. This is a novel about the wonderful foilbles of family life. Reminded me a little of Anne Tyley, only with more...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59040203">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[Ouch!]]></body>
        
    
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