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    <updated_at>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:50:24 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:49:41 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Quick read.  Throughout the book, I hoped that things would work out between Olivia and Ray.  The author did an excellent job of portraying inner angst and the process of working through self-forgiveness and moving forward.  The story leaves a lot to think about in terms of love, imperfection, and t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63252910">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:54:24 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Very clever set up with each chapter about a different member of the community with links to the main character.  Olive was a fascinating, very realistic person.  I loved the interview at the back of my edition--an interview with Random House Reader's Circle, the author, Elizabeth Strout and Olive, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71584820">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:08:19 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[My boys (ages 10 and 6) enjoyed this book quite a bit--especially the 10 year old.  It's funny.]]></body>
        
    
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