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The Unfortunates

by Laurie Graham · 2003

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Poppy Minkel's kinky hair, sticking-out ears and appetite for fun make her mother despair of ever finding her a husband, regardless of the Minkel's Mustard millions that season her daughter's dubious attractions.

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Audience
adult
Length
medium · 370 pages

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