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From the back of the book: Before I go any further, I ought to tell you my name is Spence. I'm eighteen, in the prime of health, and ready to start my pre-med at the University of Michigan in the fall. I'm not trying to sound like a lot of hot air here, but I've always gotten along well with women. In fact, I guess you could call me a "catch." So here I am, in the summer before my whole new life begins at college, trying to stay out of trouble, and then I have to go meet this girl, Audrey, working at the travel agency I innocently walked into one afternoon. She's not like all the other girls at school. Audrey is, well she's sophisticated, more worldly She's been divorced and she's older by two years. I mean, twenty going on thirty-five or something. I didn't mean to fall in love with Audrey, but I did. And while I'm trying to understand what's going on, along comes Taffy, the wife of one of my bests friends and a mother to boot, saying how mcuh she really loves me. Frankly, I don't know what to do. But I have a feeling that it's all going to come crashing down and, somehow, I'm going to be in the thick of it...
First publish date: 1985
Authors: Norma Klein
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