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The One That Got Away is the first novel by this author who describes herself as "A fruit cup in the whole-grain world of literary fiction."

A Juris Doctor (she studied at night school) Carol is kept very busy as the voluntary chair of the Publishing Triangle, which has been promoting LGBT literature since 1988. And that's when she's not at her day job, working for an organization that administers grants for the many colleges of the City University of New York.

Carol has lived in New York City since 1976, and can often be found at the Metropolitan Opera or the Metropolian Museum of Art.

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	The One That Got Away 3.66 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Back to Basics: A Butch-Femme Anthology by Therese Szymanski (Editor), Jean Stewart, Karin Kallmaker (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night Shadows: Queer Horror by Greg Herren (Editor), J.M. Redmann (Editor), 'Nathan Burgoine (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.56 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saints + Sinners: New Fiction from the Festival 2016 by Amie M. Evans (Editor), Paul J. Willis (Editor), Aaron Hamburger (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life's Work at 72

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