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Excerpt from I Wish I Had A Red Dress by Pearl Cleage, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

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I Wish I Had A Red Dress by Pearl Cleage

I Wish I Had A Red Dress

by Pearl Cleage
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  • First Published:
  • Jul 1, 2001, 288 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Jul 2002, 336 pages
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That's why clothes are usually the last thing on my mind. Black pants and a black turtleneck without applesauce showing anywhere are about the best I can hope for at the moment, but somehow I can't get that red dress out of my mind.

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Reprinted from I Wish I Had A Red Dress by Pearl Cleage. Copyright Pearl Cleage 2001. Used by permission of the publisher, William Morrow. All rights reserved.

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