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    <![CDATA[Will Billie Jean find true love and happiness?  <p>All her life, Billie Jean Sloane, a charismatic, exquisite, small-town beauty, has been desired and spoiled by men.  At sixteen, following a tragedy involving her first husband--&quot;the love of her life&quot;--she is heartbroken.  Unable to forgive or forget, her parents take drastic measures to keep them apart.  <p>The vain, yet innocent, Billie Jean--one of seven siblings--is swept from her humble beginnings at 1106 Grand Boulevard in the Midwestern town of Hamilton, Ohio to a luxurious life-style in Phoenix, Arizona and other fascinating locales... through a World War II marriage and a Mafia scare in Sacramento, California... to vicious seduction at Lake Tahoe... to the fabulous wealth of the &quot;San Francisco Sinclairs,&quot; real estate and jewelry tycoons.  Then back to her hometown to search for her first husband.  <p>This story takes you through Billie Jean's seven marriages and sixty-four years--1933 to 1997--of happiness and tragedy.  Always searching for her first love and her childhood, the enchanting child/woman captivates many men along the way, each wealthier than the one before ... each sending her scurrying back to 1106 Grand Boulevard, a trail of broken hearts in her wake.  <p>1106 Grand Boulevard is the story of passions that last a lifetime; of family love and betrayal; of spousal abuse and sadistic child abuse; a story of Billie Jean's desperate search for happiness, self-worth, and maturity ... a story of people needing people and people using people.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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