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Title: S'okay, but some of her others are lots better...
Review: Well, I like Alice Hoffman's books as well as the next person, but personally I don't think this one quite measures up. Here on Earth is an attempt to explore the many sides of a once-loving relationship that has gone unexamined and unrealized for many years. The language, of course, is evocative, and makes the sharp evidence of damage to the individuals involved all the more searing. Terror, lonliness, compassion, unforgiveness, and memory, and loss all play a part in this good (but not great) novel.
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