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A Soft Touch For a Pleasant Ride Perhaps not as much of a page-turner as "THE DA VINCI CODE" and not as flowery as "MIDDLESEX," but a finely written book that the whole family can feel comfortable reading. Like "MY FRACTURED LIFE," Sue Monk Kidd shows off a journalist's attention to detail with her descriptions and a soft touch for the pains of adolescents like in "LIFE OF PI." Not the fiery race on the edge of "MY FRACTURED LIFE" or "VERNON GOD LITTLE," but a lovely walk in the park or canoe down the river that left me totally at ease and at peace.