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7. "I Still Dream About You" by Fannie Flagg. It's one of her recent books, and

Mon May 5, 2014, 12:29 PM

May 2014

boy, did the protagonist got wealthy by a very deus ex machina method. I wasn't really happy about that; it was just a bit too farfetched.

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plus Cinderella northoftheborder May 2014 #1

I don't think it is just in recent years. Curmudgeoness May 2014 #2

Good point--perhaps I should've made the OP more restricted. I raccoon May 2014 #3

If I remember correctly Curmudgeoness May 2014 #5

Well, in the case of the Falco mysteries, after Falco raccoon May 2014 #6