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Title: An Intimate Conversation With A Friend
Review: I had no expectations, no preconceived notions when I opened this book on my beach vacation. (I'm not even sure how I came to own it-- Kismet?). I found the story engaging, the prose alternating between lush and stark. The intimate experience of reading the journal-like entries was not unlike having a very close friend perched on the beach chair next to me. At times I wanted to hug the writer, at times cheer her on. Warn her! Gripe-and-moan with her! Serve as her "beard!" Throttle her when she made dumb choices. I whipped through this book in one indulgent morning and although I still feel the author "settled" . . . and, perhaps, paid the price of that compromise . . . I missed her sorely when she was gone.
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