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This is an amazing book. The characters are so real that they are exactly like people some of us know in real life, not always a good thing, in the case of some of them. Some parts are funny, some parts are touching, some parts are heartrending, and some are nearly impossible to read, if you know someone in real life who behaves the same way as Herbert or Eileen or Crystal. Fortunately, there are others like Stevie and Lance and Jake and Zena who balance the negativity of the others and who make
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This is my first Cathy Lamb book, but certainly won't be my last! I absolutely loved it, in spite of the fact that I sobbed, great heaving sobs, throughout the last several chapters. What a beautiful story, heartfelt, tender, tragic, joyous, hopeful, and engaging.
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May 07, 2011
Stacy
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Amanda
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Ahsia
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