Female Friends (Pavanne Books)
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Same author's tart look at women's lives and confidences, again an ensemble of women reckoning with marriage and aging \u2014 but more satirical, less romance.
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People We Meet On Vacation
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Let the Bells Ring
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Mersey Maids
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