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    <body><![CDATA[What starts out as the well-written, character-driven, somewhat fluffy story of girls making a go of it in '50s NYC becomes melodramatic by the end. Jaffe gets points for not punishing her characters for their sex lives, except in one drastic case. But why do the characters fade away post-wedding? ]]></body>
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