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              did anyone else think his daughter was kind of a spoiled little brat? I always loved listening to the stories of my dad and granddad.
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              "First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha, a junior at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey."
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              Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember except the story.
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              I'm only 18 pages in and I really love this book.
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                Deborah Johnson Ohlms I thought of cowardice and bravery and heroism differently after reading this. Myself, my son, his friends and my friends and co-workers were STILL discussing this book 9 months later.
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                Jasmine @carbonkitten it's gotten me to think about those same themes in a different light as well. And as metafiction, it's also gotten me to think differently about how I approach writing or telling a story. It is an insane eye-opener and it deserved all the awards it got.
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                Deborah Johnson Ohlms I was affected by this book so much. I am 45, was 44 when I read it, my son was 22. between the 2 of us we passed it among about 11 people between 19 and 50 years of age, from working blue collar men of different generation, to single moms, college students, and a couple of traditional fathers. republicans, democrats, and an anarchist. My son who turned me onto this book was in college studying mechanical engineering (he just graduated) and is a great kid, but he is as country redneck as a boy can be, and so i gotta say that a book that can keep him in a literary discussion for darn near a year with such a myriad group of people is one powerful book.
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              Love this book. My son read it in college, gave it to me and I passed it around my work, got 5 people to read it. Fantastic.
              Can't even think of Lemon Tree the same way anymore
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              I love this book! I love that it plays with truth and lies until you are left with only a story. That is was makes this the best work of fiction I have ever read.
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              Amazing. The one Vietnam novel that holds uniqueness, even amongst the proliferation of war stories that marks this literary period
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              He was my professor in grad school. This and "Going After Cacciato" are my favorites
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              Truth and Fiction are interchangeable.
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              I just finished this book. It was quite an interesting and moving read. I wonder if any of his other books are this good?
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              Just started reading it this morning and after 2 hours, I'm about halfway done.
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              Reading for my English II class.
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              And finished! More people should know about the human cost of war
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              The author really took me to the place of hardship that was these mens lives
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              I can't seem to finish this book /:
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              Aka, College Prep. Writing time.
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              I am getting board need to sleep
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              Trying to read as much of this as possible before my computer dies or before class starts. Whichever. So far, am really loving it.
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              Finally broke down and got the book.
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              For class, but it's definitely catching my attention.
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              Need to read up to chapter 4 for class on Tuesday. So far it's pretty interesting.
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              Catching up for class in the morning.
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              And its such a great book to read..I dint know I was going to end up enjoying to read it.
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              I read this @ my hammock on the living room with a cold wind in my face.
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              Definitely one of my Top 10 books to come out this decade.
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