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Once Is Not Enough

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Once Is Not Enough by Jaqueline Susann

April 22, 2021 by xoxoxoe Leave a Comment

This pandemic has made everything hard, including reading. Something that I love to do, but somehow didn’t want to concentrate that hard to do … until I got a Kindle. This is not an ad. But the times we are living in have encouraged a few bigger-than usual purchases. Since I haven’t been spending my money elsewhere (or anywhere), one of those purchases was a Kindle. It has seemed easier for me to read some titles on this device for a few reasons. First, I […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 1960s, Hollywood, Jacqueline Susann, Jaqueline Susann, once is not enough, television, the love machine, valley of the dolls

xoxoxoe's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 1960s, Hollywood, Jacqueline Susann, Jaqueline Susann, once is not enough, television, the love machine, valley of the dolls ·
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Even when it’s about the women, it’s about the men.

May 26, 2018 by tillie Leave a Comment

Valley of the dolls is about three women and their path into and along stardom. Anne is a frigid woman from New Jersey who moves to New York and gets a job for a theatre-lawyer-guy. She gets proposed to immediately by a wealthy guy, but turns him down for an Englishman with glorious hair. He, in turn, dumps her because he’s an artist, and then Anne becomes a famous model for a make-up brand. Anne meets Neely O’Hara, back when they’re still poor. Neely can […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #CBR10, Addiction, drama, history, Jacqueline Susann, Mathildehoeg, valley of the dolls

tillie's CBR10 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR10, Addiction, drama, history, Jacqueline Susann, Mathildehoeg, valley of the dolls ·
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