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Title: too politically correct
Review: As several other reviewers mention, our congregational book club chose this book as its next subject. I found myself continually weeping at many descriptions, I also felt myself being manipulated by the author. I felt as if Diamant had an actual list of current women's issues (rape, abortion, marital abuse) which she needed to work into the plot. While she is a talented writer, the book might have seemed less contrived had I not begun to take note of and list these various contemporary women's issues to see how many of them she would eventually weave into the story. Yes, I learned a great deal about life in that time and I believe that the book was well researched. Nevertheless, be warned that you will notice every current PC topic in here and most of the men are w/o redeeming qualities. I still think it's worth reading and I'm glad I did.
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