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"...Ms. Beattie has eschewed most of her trademark gifts as a writer: in this novel, there are no keenly observed bits of dialogue, no telling social details, no palpable sense of the day-to-day world her characters inhabit. Instead, there is a lot of therapeutic analysis...and fuzzy generalizations....All in all, it makes for a flimsy, unconvincing novel peopled by whiny, repellent stereotypes, speaking in psychobabble and clichés.Beattie, Ann is the author of 'Doctor's House' with ISBN 9780743235013 and ISBN 0743235010.
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