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Toni Morrison said that if you can't find the book you want to read, write it. So I did! It's high time to give our heroines a different kind of happy ending.
Diane Claire Benant Just Jenna: How hard can it be to last a week without a man?
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Toni Morrison said that if you can't find the book you want to read, write it. So I did! It's high time to give our heroines a different kind of happy ending.
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Just Jenna: How hard can it be to last a week without a man?

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