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	05/06 Jason gave to: Confessions (Oxford World's Classics) by Augustine of Hippo bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	01/27 Jason gave to: Remembered Lives: The Work of Ritual, Storytelling, and Growing Older (Paperback) by Barbara Myerhoff bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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May 06

Jason gave

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Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)
by Augustine of Hippo
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February 27

Jason gave

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The Year of Magical Thinking (Paperback)
by Joan Didion

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read in January, 2008

Jason said: "I never really liked Joan Didion until I read this (actually I just listened to it on CD). As a memoir about death, it is good. As a book about the emotional ride that losing a loved one brings on, I've never read anything like it. Perfectly timed, ...more "

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Middlesex : A Novel (Paperback)
by Jeffrey Eugenides

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read in June, 2005

Jason said: "As a detroiter I loved the rich description that satisfied my nostalgic narcissism. As a reader, I fell in love with the subtle emotional world of the characters, that, although so different from myself, resonated unexpectedly. "

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The Golden Gate (Paperback)
by Vikram Seth

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read in August, 2007

Jason said: "A brilliant book written entirely in my favorite poetic style: the villanelle (which leads to amazing rhyming words well worth looking up in the dictionary).
Best read aloud to someone you love! "

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