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Name: Excuse Me for Asking
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Janis Arnold

Janis Arnold’s second novel follows Julia Salwell, a privileged young woman in Cypress Springs, Texas, and Robin Tilton, her quiet scholarship roommate. As their lives, families, and companions collide, the story explores friendship, ambition, family responsibilities, and the darker undercurrents of small‑town life, all told in multiple voices.

First publish date: 1994

Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction

Authors: Janis Arnold

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