Tully
Paullina Simons. St. Martin's Press, $6.99 (685pp) ISBN 978-0-312-95421-5
A young Kansas woman struggles through life and love in Simons's debut novel. (Apr.)
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Reviewed on: 04/03/1995
Genre: Fiction
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