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Loraine Despres
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THE TRUE NATURE OF MEN
As liberated women we want to think of men as extensions of ourselves, but with more body hair. This unfortunately is not the case.
Men are exotic creatures with great upper body strength and a poor self-image that continually needs feeding and stoking. They have this strange blind spot when it comes to women, probably because they don’t pay attention when we talk. Even Fre... read more »
As liberated women we want to think of men as extensions of ourselves, but with more body hair. This unfortunately is not the case.
Men are exotic creatures with great upper body strength and a poor self-image that continually needs feeding and stoking. They have this strange blind spot when it comes to women, probably because they don’t pay attention when we talk. Even Fre... read more »
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The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc
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2001
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The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell: A Novel
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2005
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The Southern Belle's Handbook: Sissy LeBlanc's Rules to Live By
by Loraine Despres (Goodreads Author), Bethann Thornburgh 3.66 avg rating — 62 ratings
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2003
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Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc 20pk RGG
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2002
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“Love is like cigarettes. It gives you a little pleasure while you're at it, but leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth and a pain in your chest.”
― Loraine Despres, The Southern Belle's Handbook: Sissy LeBlanc's Rules to Live By
― Loraine Despres, The Southern Belle's Handbook: Sissy LeBlanc's Rules to Live By
“A girl can stand just so much virtue.”
― Loraine Despres, The Southern Belle's Handbook: Sissy LeBlanc's Rules to Live By
― Loraine Despres, The Southern Belle's Handbook: Sissy LeBlanc's Rules to Live By
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“A girl can stand just so much virtue.”
― Loraine Despres, The Southern Belle's Handbook: Sissy LeBlanc's Rules to Live By
― Loraine Despres, The Southern Belle's Handbook: Sissy LeBlanc's Rules to Live By
“Love is like cigarettes. It gives you a little pleasure while you're at it, but leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth and a pain in your chest.”
― Loraine Despres, The Southern Belle's Handbook: Sissy LeBlanc's Rules to Live By
― Loraine Despres, The Southern Belle's Handbook: Sissy LeBlanc's Rules to Live By
