false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975m/459338.jpg 459338 6 After trying out her adult wings in California, Melinda LeBlanc has come home to work for her cousin arranging flowers. Out of place and outdated, she befriends Libby, who designs strange dresses in the shop next door, and Dennis Vaughan, a native son and very attractive black man who owns the hip Brookhoppers, a fly fisherman's paradise. Libby aims to marry Dennis. Melinda tries to keep her dignity as an un-degreed lonely woman in a college town. And Dennis wants--what? Lipman is a modern-day Jane Austen and her characters crackle with wit and intelligence. 2901471 1992 The Way Men Act: A Novel total:239|5:34|4:97|3:88|2:19|1:1| 239 861 330 22 459338 0671748416 9780671748418 232 21 3.60 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975m/459338.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459338.The_Way_Men_Act_A_Novel 5 1 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Mon May 14 20:51:54 -0700 2007 Mon May 14 20:55:43 -0700 2007
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