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Spinsters

by Pagan Kennedy · 1995 · 200 pages

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Frannie and Doris, sisters and spinsters, are finally free from family ties and constraints. Taking off in their Plymouth Valient, they hit the road on a journey through the changing cultural landscape of America - civil rights marches and the assassination of Martin Luther King.

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Genre
historical fictionliterary fiction
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 200 pages

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