Deserialize unescaped XML string into class

Question

Consider a string (mind unescaped &):

<row>
   <PX>Potatoes & Carrots</PX>
   <AX>359</AX>
   <subrow>
      <AUX>Pumpkin & Coffee<AUX>
   <subrow>
</row>

What would be a generic way to deserialize such unescaped string into class?