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April Epner teaches high school Latin, wears flannel jumpers, and is used to having her evenings free. Bernice Graverman brandishes designer labels, favors toad-sized earrings, and hosts her own tacky TV talk show: Bernice G! But behind the glitz and glam, Bernice has followed the life... read more

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My biological mother was seventeen when she had me in 1952, and even that was more than I wanted to know about her.

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  1. Elinor Lipman (Author)

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Reading Level: Adults

Many sexual references.

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