“In those days in the early Sixties we were not women yet but girls. This was, without irony, perceived as our advantage.”
‘I’ll Take You There’ by Joyce Carol Oates 
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Try one of these 1st paras & discover a new author:-
‘A Farewell to Arms’ by Ernest Hemingway
‘Tipping the Velvet’ by Sarah Waters
‘The Collector’ by John Fowles

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