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" Today&amp;#039;s book review is from Woman&amp;#039;s Day reader Beverly Langeveld. She read  by Michelle Hoover. I just finished this amazing first novel by Michelle Hoover about two frontier women in the early twentieth century who become friends, more out of necessity than any fond feeling for each other. The bleak landscape that is their mutual home becomes another character is this stark tale about the effect people can have on each other&amp;#039;s lives. The story is told from the point of view of the two women in alternating chapters over a period of more than forty years. Information is given in bits and pieces from two differing points of view, and this sometimes leaves the reader guessing as to what exactly is the truth of the matter. This is an auspicious debut novel from a writer I hope gives us many more books.  We&amp;#039;d love to hear about what you&amp;#039;re reading, too. Send your reviews to LitFix@womansday.com and we&amp;#039;ll post them right here on the blog.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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