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Name: The Girls
Rating: 4.4 (9 reviews)
Author: Lori Lansens
ISBN: 9780316069038

The Girls

by Lori Lansens

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May 1, 2006, 352 pages

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Apr 2007, 368 pages

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Not just a sophisticated literary accomplishment but a darned good read. Novel

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