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“Ain't Misbehavin' Enough”

Hair – Brown, Curly, Short
Eyes – Hazel
Body – Medium Height, Curvy, Fit

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53-year-old woman in New York, NY, United States
Seeking a man, 42 to 62
Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky

It is ever the more obvious in this excellent translation that this guy really could write. Although a classic plot, it is nevertheless heartbreaking.

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Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel

Everything Is Illuminated

Jonathan Safran Foer

Often funny but ultimately very sad tale of a man's search for his roots.

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A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club)

A Fine Balance

Rohinton Mistry

Set in India, this very fine book could have been written by Balzac given the poignancy with which the human condition is depicted. First rate.

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Memoirs of Hadrian

Memoirs of Hadrian

Marguerite Yourcenar, Grace Frick

Yourcenar brilliantly tells Hadrian's story in the first person as he writes to Marcus Aurelius. It covers a broad swath of topics - war, cities, art, architecture, love - and the human...more »

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A House for Mr. Biswas

A House for Mr. Biswas

V.S. Naipaul

Naipaul successfully recounts the trials and tribulations of Mr. Biswas, a Trinadadian Indian struggling to become independent while battling with his in-laws and the corporate and other...more »

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