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The Girl's Guide To Hunting & Fishing by Melissa Bank

The Girl's Guide To Hunting & Fishing

by Melissa Bank
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  • Jun 1, 1999, 274 pages
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  • May 2000, 288 pages
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Mavis shaving creams smiley faces on the windows.

"Tres droll," her husband says, looking on.

I don't spray a word. I hold my shaving cream poised but nothing comes out. I say that I'm blocked.

Robert, tying cans to the bumper, says, "Just pretend you're spraying in your journal."

As we walk away from the parking lot, he says, "I'm pretty sure that's his car."

From The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing, by Melissa Bank. ©May, 1999, Melissa Bank, used by permission of Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Putnam Inc.

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