Aftermath: A Novel of Suspense

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Penzler Pick, October 2001: The mystery novels of Peter Robinson (Aftermath is his 12th) are of increasing power and intensified intelligence. It's a dirty little secret of the crime-fiction genre that many of its writers simply spin their wheels, repeating over and over those old tricks which always have worked for them. They coast on past successes and repeat the formula hoping, if not assuming, that their fans won't notice.

Writers like Robinson, however, actually seem to grow in front of our eyes, delivering books of greater complexity each time. His previous two books, Cold Is the Grave and In a Dry Season, were novels of character and novels of crime, equally, and now Aftermath is here to reward his fans and new readers alike.

Like recent books by fellow English writers Reginald Hill, Val McDermid, and Stephen Booth, Aftermath centers upon a grim case in which attractive young girls have disappeared, victims of a cunning psychotic killer whose identity is well concealed behind a façade of respectability. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks of the Yorkshire Police is in charge of the case, but he's also got unavoidable personal distractions. His separated wife, Sandra, is pregnant by her lover, Sean, and wanting the divorce he's been dragging his heels over.

There is nothing cozy about the kind of English mysteries written by Peter Robinson, even if they do take place where picturesque rural villages make up the landscape. He's not afraid of gore or deviance, of violence, or of any of the baser emotions, and it's a raw old world behind the hedgerows and cottage walls. If Aftermath is your first taste of his tough-tender sensibility, it won't be surprising if you soon are hooked on the work of one of today's most accomplished practitioners of detective fiction. --Otto Penzler

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The crime scene awaiting Acting Detective Superintendent Alan Banks is among the worst he has ever encountered. The assailant, Terence Payne, hovers close to death himself. And Payne's brutalized wife, Lucy -- whose overheard screams prompted the original call -- has already been moved to a local hospital for treatment. But these sins and tragedies pale before what else has transpired in a dank basement the press will soon dub the "House of Payne." Now that the fiend is in custody, the long nightmare appears over at last.

But is it? In Alan Banks's mind too many questions need to be answered before he can rest easy. How could the heinous crimes of a popular teacher like Payne have so completely escaped the notice of his peers, his neighbors...his wife? And was fragile, abused Lucy Payne a victim or a reluctant accomplice?

Despite the strain on his own personal life and relationships, Banks refuses to ease up on his investigation. Buried deep in the past are shards of irony, pity, and horror almost too painful to bear, and unspeakable betrayals that deformed more than one childhood. For Banks, for his lover, Annie Cabot -- who suspects heartless political forces are setting her up to destroy a life -- and for the beautiful consulting psychologist Dr. Jenny Fuller, there is much more that must be unearthed in the aftermath of abomination. Because the darkness has not yet lifted, and new casualties are mounting. And there are still monsters loose in the world...

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PerfectBound e-book extra: Enter the World of Peter Robinson. The crime scene awaiting Acting Detective Superintendent Alan Banks is among the worst he has ever encountered. The assailant, Terence Payne, hovers close to death himself. And Payne's brutalized wife, Lucy -- whose overheard screams prompted the original call -- has already been moved to a local hospital for treatment. But these sins and tragedies pale before what else has transpired in a dank basement the press will soon dub the "House of Payne." Now that the fiend is in custody, the long nightmare appears over at last. But is it? In Alan Banks's mind too many questions need to be answered before he can rest easy. How could the heinous crimes of a popular teacher like Payne have so completely escaped the notice of his peers, his neighbors...his wife? And was fragile, abused Lucy Payne a victim or a reluctant accomplice? Despite the strain on his own personal life and relationships, Banks refuses to ease up on his investigation. Buried deep in the past are shards of irony, pity, and horror almost too painful to bear, and unspeakable betrayals that deformed more than one childhood. For Banks, for his lover, Annie Cabot -- who suspects heartless political forces are setting her up to destroy a life -- and for the beautiful consulting psychologist Dr. Jenny Fuller, there is much more that must be unearthed in the aftermath of abomination. Because the darkness has not yet lifted, and new casualties are mounting. And there are still monsters loose in the world...

Customer Reviews:

A Really Tense Thriller.......2007-04-26

Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire, and is the author of a number of previous novels featuring Inspector Banks. He is the winner of numerous awards in the United States, Britain and Canada, and in 2002 he won the CWA Dagger in the Library. As I also come from Leeds the background to his stories is something that I have experienced first hand and because of this I have a special affection for his books. However they would be first class crime fiction wherever they were based.

Two police constables are sent to an ordinary house, situated in an ordinary street, nothing unusual about that, but it is about to become infamous. The police officers are sent to the house to investigate complaints of a domestic disturbance. What they stumble upon is truly horrific scene which leaves one of the officers dead and the other one fighting for her life and her career.

The identity of a serial killer, a person capable of blending into the background and slipping away without detection, called for want of a better word, the Chameleon has finally been revealed. But his capture is only the start of such a shocking investigation that it will even test the nerve of inspector Banks, a man hardened to the knowledge of what one human being can do to another.

Excellent.......2006-12-05

This, the 12th(!) book in the Banks' series, seemingly starts out with a serial killer apprehended and the case solved. 400 + pages later this author has spun a tale that proves things are not always what they seem to be. That's enough with the plot - I don't want to spoil anything you will read in this book. With many series growing stale or simply sputtering out after 4 or 5 books, this series just continues to get better and better. The author combines police procedural, mystery, suspense, plot line and character development with great balance and incredible poise while never wandering "a-field". If you're new to this series I would suggest reading the books in some semblance of chronological order. If you're an old veteran like I am put some time aside - you won't want to put this one down. Either way you are in for a treat.

Rivetting but also disturbing.......2006-06-25

This is the third Inspector Banks book that I'd read and this one is by far the most disturbing. The subject matter: serial killers is not a pleasant one and will elicit the prurient interest of some. Robinson flexes his writing muscle quite a bit in this book. This is the third approach to telling the murder mystery story in as many books that I have read by him. I must say this is quite impressive.

In this case, Robinson's deft touch with details generates a disturbing book, a book that tries to tell the story of a series of teenage kidnapping. It is obvious that a serial killer is involved but Robinson doesn't start in the middle of the series of abductions and try to raise the tempo by describing the action as it happens. Instead, he tells the story at the discovery of the bodies in the killer's house and then he moves on from there, building his case slowly and at times,unexpectedly. The fact that the reader thinks they have an idea as to who is guilty raises the tension even more. The small bursts of information jolted me into places I didn't think the story would end up going.

Robinson also continues to weave the story of Banks and Annie in and out of the narrative to provide brief respites to the reader, and with this story, the brief breaks are quite welcomed. The story is way too intense and the details too gruesome for a straight reading. I can't say I "enjoyed" the book. I will say that it kept me at the edge of my seat and it kept me quessing until the very end, which is what one would expect from a good murder mystery.

I have come to enjoy reading about Alan Banks life, both professionally and personally, heck, I have even come to want to try Laphroig some time. The musical references are also quite appreciated too. It fulfills the meandering soul of an autodidact.

Unlike the previous Banks books, I would take a deep breath before plunging in, but plunge in you must if you wish to be thoroughly absorbed into a great writer's work.

Perpetuating The Myth.......2005-06-11

Let me start this review with a quote from page 388 of the UK paperback version:

"Yes, there is no doubt that many people who were abused become abusers themselves - it's a cycle..."

No, it is not, Peter Robinson, it is a myth and, in giving such statements to a character who is meant to be a qualified "psychologist", you are perpetuating that myth. And not on one occasion but several during the course of the novel.

Whilst it may be true to say that most abusers were abused themselves it does not mean that "many" victims go on to perpetuate the cycle of abuse - some go on to self-harm, many others become "care-takers", e.g. nurses, doctors, policemen and women and social workers. I myself have worked as counsellor to a number of men who were sexually abused or raped and they have enough to deal with without this myth being trotted out and foisted on them by the likes of you. If you are going to deal with such a sensitive subject, might I suggest that you actually do some research!

Of the last 30 crime stories I've read, I can't think of one of them that hasn't featured childhood sexual abuse as a plot device to one extent or the other. How sad is that? How uninspired? And this one is not even well written! The dialogue is corny. The descriptive passages drone on and on. It is padded out with numerous uninspired sub-plots that add nothing. The only redeeming feature of this novel is that I borrowed it from a library and didn't waste my hard earned cash on it. My recommendation is: don't waste yours.

One of the best Inspector Banks novels.......2004-04-23

If you've followed Peter Robinson's books as he's progressed in his Inspector Banks series, you've seen how not only do the stories develop with greater depth and comlpexity, but also how the characters - especially Banks - grow and change. That's part of the joy of a good series like this; finding out more about characters and how they react.

Robinson's books can be a bit convoluted, but in a good way. This story of a serial killer, his wife, and her past, surprises at every turn, and, while the ending is somewhat to be expected, Robinson carries this out with brio and subtlety. Unlike some suspense novels, where a lot of focus is on shocking the reader, this book is all understatement. The Aftermath of the title, which refers to a female character's past and how this past comes back full circle, is harsh and painful, but Robinson tells this story with just the right amount of detachment.

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The year is 2010 and the world as we know it has come to an end.A huge comet has smashed into the earth off the coast of California, vaporizing and generating a fiery rain that engulfs the globe in a destructive holocaust. But at the opposite pole of the planet, there is a "safe zone" encompassing part of the southeast African shore and the southern tip of Madagascar where the damage is extensive but not total.Spared from destruction is a luxury cruise ship, the Queen of Africa, which carries 600 of the world's leading engineers.These outstanding technologists, traveling with their immediate families, are engaged in a seminar dedicated to finding solutions to humanity's eternal needs-shelter, food, energy, environmental preservation, and the like. But when the impact of the comet sends shock waves around the world, the passengers' first priority is to abandon ship for terra firma. Thus they head for the South African coast to begin the task of "starting over."In KwaZulu Natal the passengers find a surviving community of about 25,000, including many experienced agricultural and industrial workers. These people have been cast back, physically, to the Stone Age, but intellectually they are at the forefront of technological progress in the 21st century, and they have at their disposal the natural resources needed to embark on an industrial revolution. So begins an epic adventure of rebuilding the world from scratch, but in an unpredictable, and sometimes hostile, environment, survival itself may be the real challenge.The Aftermath is a provocative adventure story that provides a scientifically sound blueprint for surviving Armageddon.AUTHORBIO: Samuel C. Florman is a civil engineer and principal in a major New York-area construction company. In addition to scores of articles, Mr. Florman is the author of The Introspective Engineer, The Civilized Engineer, Blaming Technology, and his classic, The Existential Pleasures of Engineering. He lives outside New York City.

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If "Survivor" frustrates your brain, you'll enjoy this.......2007-09-15

It's sort of a counterpoint to so much apocalyptic or survival fiction where a cross section of average people struggle in a very hostile environment. This story takes the tack of what if you had a fairly complete array of outstanding technical problem-solvers and practical folks in a place with many raw materials and who actually focused on survival, cooperation, planning, and all aspects of life. In other words "Gilligan Island" with mostly "Professors", "Skippers", and "Maryannes" working with more than rope, bamboo, and tropical trees.
It's the complete opposite of the "reality" show "Survivor" where the practical, experienced, knowledgable, and hard workers are consistently trounced by slacker, conniving fools who do below the minimum in adapting or utilizing their environments. If you enjoyed Pat Frank's "Alas Babylon", Leo Frankowski's "Cross-Time Engineer" series, S.M. Stirling's recent series, Jared Diamond's non-fiction books, Jack Whyte's Arthurian series, or history with an appreciation for engineering and science rather than just wars and diplomacy, you'll enjoy this thoughtful book that I thought was a fast enjoyable read. The author's actually built a lot of complex structures, managed large teams in high stress environments, and worked directly with the issues in the book, maybe that makes it a disappointing read for some of the reviewers compared to flights of fancy by independent authors who only manage a household or apartment.

Boring -- Don't Waste Your Time Reading This.......2006-05-30

Florman is a man of considerable erudition and has written several truly excellent non-fiction books -- indeed, his non-fiction work can reach poetic levels of elegance and I highly recommend it. Therefore, as a big Florman fan and a civil engineer myself, I had high hopes for this book.

Unfortunately, and somewhat ironically, this attempt at fiction is very dull and boring. I finished the book, but with considerable difficulty. As other reviewers have noted, the characters and plot are lifeless and lack any depth or power. Rather than give us any insight into the human condition, the best this book can offer is to present some snippets of technical and other information, but these things are much more enjoyably and effectively learned from appropriate non-fiction sources.

I wish I had listened to other reviewers and not wasted my time slogging through this book -- since I'm a big fan of Florman's non-fiction, I wanted to give this book a real chance. What I can do now is to urge others not to repeat my mistake.

Factual? Yes. Interesting? Not so much........2006-01-03

The Aftermath: A Novel of Survival by Samuel C. Florman is a very well-written book, although not very attention grabbing. It provides information on how to survive with the natural resources in Southern Africa when the world has been wiped out. Much of the book is meetings between the engineers aboard the Queen of Africa, a ship that survived the impact of a massive comet on Earth. The people in the meetings debate on how to prioritize their goals. Said meetings go on for pages, causing the reader to lose interest. The repetitiveness of the book gets annoying after reading it for about fifty pages. Since the Earth has been destroyed, for the most part, and their ship has sunk, the people have to start life from the beginning. There is also another group of people, who became named the Focus Group. They met in a line-dancing class and eventually just ended up talking about what was going on in the community. Wil Hardy, a scribe for the secret meetings, is part of this group. The others are not and don't know what happen at these secret meetings. There are six in this group, three girls, three boys, and they end up pairing together and getting married. That's very predictable, which usually snags the fun right out of a good read. Pretty boring, huh? Things get a tad bit exciting, however. Soon enough, a mad pirate queen, who has renamed herself Queen Ranavolana, tries to conquer Engineering Village, the village of the Queen of Africa's survivors. There is about one page of suspense, for she attacks in the middle of a wedding, the Focus Group's to be exact, and then her plan fails. The one interesting character that gets things moving gets shut down. That's where the interesting but ends. I would recommend this book for someone that likes boring books or has nothing better to do.

Buy it for any engineer you strongly dislike.......2004-11-16

This book is beyond bad. The premise is interesting: how a cruise ship full of engineers off the coast of Southern Africa handles the aftermath of the end of the world caused by a comet impact.

Well, if this novel is to be believed, the engineers take the event and its effects quite well, brushing the end of the world and the loss of family and friends aside with the same casual disregard they'd feel if they lost their favorite mug.

Most end of the world style novels attempt to grip you with how an ill-matched band of survivors come to terms with the catastrophe. Here, they are all engineers, so they form a number of subcomittees. There's no conflict, no disagreement, and absolutely no grasp of reality on the part of the author.

At some point his editor must have told Florman that a book about the end of the world requires at least a little conflict and not just lengthy treatises on the history of South Africa and lists of committee meetings. So he introduces a mad pirate queen. OK - I won't go there.

This book is ideal if you need something to prop up your wobbly desk.

What happened?!.......2003-12-23

This book started out great - the world has ended and cruise ship passengers find themselves alone in the world. Finally they get to Africa, realize their ship is sinking and evacuate. Once on land they begin to try to reinvent the technologies and materials of the industrial revolution.

This book would have been great, but it gets stuck in boring committie meetings that go on for pages. While it is interesting for a chapter or two, the reader eventually wonders when these people will just get to work!

Another problem - many of the ideas here are sexist. Women are automatically deligated to being the "housekeepers" of their homes and men made responsible for tasks in the workforce. Stephen Healey, one of the characters of the book, tells the committie:

"the individuals that i call the housekeepers-- mostly the mothers of our families -- work extremely hard... we can't send them out into fields and the factories if we hope to maintain a functioning society...we need them in the home to care for their families and to help put their shattered households back in order." (p. 117)

When batteries finally run out, the commitie realizes that they should use candles, and turn to the "three women in Engineering Village" who know how to dip and make candles.

I am highly disapointed in this book. Not only could the plot have been better thought out and not lost in committie meetings, but I would have thought such intelligence of the "Engineering Village" would not be lost on reducing the role of women to "housekeepers." I would have hoped that a surviving people would take the chance to improve on the problems and discriminations of their previous lives.

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Aftermath: A Novel of Suspense

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16 Hours 20 Minutes on 14 CDs. When Inspector Banks of Yorkshire investigates whether an abusive husband might be guilty of an unsolved string of murders, his suspicions are aroused by the details of the mans marriage. Is the suspects wife a victim or could she be his accomplice? Popular with fans of P.D. James and Ruth Rendell, Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson has earned honors and critical praise for his Inspector Banks novels.

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The value of inner beauty -- Recommended.......2001-08-10

Concern sends private investigator Matt Ross to Atlanta to find the sexy TV personality Eve Masterson. Matt was permanently injured following a tragic accident while he was a cop. Rather than accepting desk duty, he's agreed to become a private investigator with locating Eve as his first assignment.

Eve apparently quit her New York job for a fantastic opportunity in Atlanta, but she's not appeared on any of the news shows, and with Christmas coming, has been completely out of touch with family and friends. When Matt shows up on her doorstep, she's terribly ill and only his intervention offers hope that she might recover. But Eve's illness stems from more than just physical symptoms as she struggles with career goals, betrayal, and an identity crisis.

Debra Salonen presents a powerful reminder of the value of internal beauty over external beauty in SOMETHING ABOUT EVE. As Eve struggles with her identity issues, including adoption and appearances, the reader receives a strong reminder of our culture's misconceptions regarding the value of physical appearance. The narrative flow itself, however, lacks the expected fluidity, perhaps because this novel attempts to pull together so many narrative paths, including the struggles of parenting, recovery from illness or an accident, and reevaluation of career goals. Nevertheless, with strong characterization and excellent account of the challenges of non-custodial parenting, SOMETHING ABOUT EVE comes recommended.

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JURGEN; THE CREAM OF THE JEST; DOMNEI; FIGURES OF EARTH; THE HIGH PLACE; THE SILVER STALLION; SOMETHING ABOUT EVE
James Branch (introductions by Lin Carter) Cabell
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Something About Eve
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Something About Eve
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Something About Eve
James Branch Cabell
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Something About Eve
Jourdyn Kelly
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"Something About Eve" is a story about Eve, a woman haunted by her past whose path crosses with a married woman afraid of her future. As they set out to help each other, an unsuspected and passionate friendship evolves between them. When Eve's past catches up to her, she finds herself having to save the lives of those she loves or lose everything she has worked so hard to achieve. This is a unique and powerful story of two completely different women who, through fate, find each other and teach each other how to love.

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Something About Eve
James Branch Cabell
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Tale of Manhood, Dreams, Reality, Routine, Games &Compromise

Something about Eve ;: A comedy of fig-leaves,
James Branch Cabell
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1927. Today, some recognize Cabell as one of the first contemporary writers from the South. He is also noted for his unique blending of classic myths and legends with his own imagination and is considered a pioneer of fantasy writing. The book begins: For some moments after he had materialized, and had become perceivable by human senses, the Sylvan waited. He waited, looking down at the very busy, young, red-haired fellow who sat within arm's reach at the writing-table. This boy, as yet, was so unhappily engrossed in literary composition as not to have noticed his ghostly visitant. So the Sylvan waited. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

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Tale of Manhood, Dreams, Reality, Routine, Games &Compromise.......2000-06-17

The story began on the evening of April 30, 1805 in Lichfield. Gerald Musgrave was in his study working on a manuscript about his ancestors Dom Manuel and Madame Niafer. However, he couldn't concentrate on his work because he wanted out of his illicit love-affair with Evelyn Townsend, his second cousin. He wanted to become a major author and an accomplished magician but his time spent with Evelyn was taking too much of his time. However, she did not want to end the affair, and the conventions of that time placed the choice for ending it upon the female. A Sylan materialized in Gerald's study and offered to take his place in Lichfield and Gerald could take his in the spiritual world. Gerald agreed and found himself on the road of greater myths to Antan where he was to become its ruler. Horvendile, Lord of the Marches of Antan provided him with a silver stallion named Kalki for him to ride. On his way to Antan, he met Eradne who invited him join her in the rites of pleasure. He declined. In Doonham, he met Princess Evershah from whom he secured a vial of six drops of water from the Churning of the Ocean, but was forced to destroy her. In the land of Dersam, he met Evarvan of the mirror, but managed to escape from her after a series of adventures. In Lytreia, he saved the holy relic of the Temple of the Holy Nose, but outraged its devotees by pointing out that it was really a tongue; however, before he left Lytreia, he destoyed Evaine, a sorceress who held the Veiled Mirror which he found to be a painting. In the country of Tourine everyone was so concerned with learning to become a better sorcerer that no one would talk to him. Next, he encountered the Sphinx with whom he had an unsatisfying conversation. On Mispec Moor, he met Maya of the Fair Breasts and settled down with her for 30 years. When he wasn't engaged in domestic activities, he amused himself by talking to poets, gods and the eminent on the way to Antan. He especially enjoyed his talk with the Emperor Nero, Francois Villon and Merlin. Gerald never arrived in Antan and became responsible for its destruction. After Maya disappeared, Horvendile gave Gerald a word of power that enabled him to return to Lichfield. Back in Lichfield, Gerald learned that his body had become an ethnographer of great reputation and had a son by Evelyn. Gerald returned to his body and sent the Sylan on his way, and took up where his body had left off.

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The Cause for Cancer Revealed: ...the vaccination connection
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Naturally Delicious Meals for Baby: Over 150 Fun, Fresh, and Easy Recipes to Nourish Your Baby and Toddler
Gerrie Hawes , and Ali Hanan
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Learning to eat well and educating the palate are as important for kids as learning their abc’s. In Naturally Delicious Meals for Baby, author Gerrie Hawes has created over 150 fabulous organic, easy-to-prepare recipes—ranging from the first taste of puree to tempting toddler meals—that will help parents give their babies the best possible nutritional start in life. Hawes also includes vital information on weaning babies and toddlers, such as: how to spot the signs that show babies are ready to wean; when to introduce certain foods; allergy indicators; ways to encourage good eating habits, and much more. Complete with comprehensive meal planners for each stage and reassuring hints and advice (did you know that fennel is a good remedy for colic?), Naturally Delicious Meals for Baby will show parents how to stimulate their babies’ palates so they will develop a love for all kinds of healthy foods and great life-long eating habits.

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Fantastic book.......2007-04-03

This book is great - I am a pediatric occupational therapist and was looking for ideas for the children I work with who have feeding concerns. This book is geared to any child and is chock-full of information about what different fruits, veggies & meats contain and even have helpful "diaper warnings" for foods that might cause after-effects (e.g., beets). The foods look fantastic (I'd eat almost any of the recipes), and she even lists tips for how to use the recipes to make them into meals for the whole family. We often don't think about the fact that babies & young children should have food that tastes good, which actually helps them transition to "regular" foods more easily.

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