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    <updated_at>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:50:11 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:54:28 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The Koreas are a topic near and dear to my heart after living in South Korea for almost 4 years.  The division of this country is heartbreaking and to read this first-hand account of just exactly what is happening to Koreans north of the 38th parallel is gut-wrenching.  To give you an idea of just h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46023784">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:25:58 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Only one star?  It's been years since I've read it, but I remember her prose being lyrical and beautiful.  I loved the book.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:20:43 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Excellent writing and a unique, refreshing, even uplifting, take on a post-apocalyptic world.  Quick read, worth the time.  However, if you're not capable of understanding how relational conventions might morph in such a setting, there is a scene in the book that might &quot;ruin&quot; the whole boo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76749329">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:48:19 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Sorry about that - I should have said &quot;average&quot;.  <br/><br/>The way you feel about Gloria is how I feel about Gideon.  He's generally pretty calm and low-key, so when he does resist and argue and throw a fit, it's particularly frustrating because I have high expectations already.]]></body>
        
    
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