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“[A] shining rendition of Swift and Gershwin’s star-crossed love.” (Therese Anne Fowler, New York Times best-selling author)
In the vein of the New York Times best seller Loving Frank, this fascinating and compelling novel “will have you humming, toe-tapping, and singing along with every turn of the page” (Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author) as it explores the decade-long relationship between the celebrated composer George Gershwin and gifted musician Katharine “Kay” Swift.
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Set in Jazz Age New York City, this stunning work of fiction explores the timeless bond between two brilliant, strong-willed artists. George Gershwin left behind not just a body of work unmatched in popular musical history, but a woman who loved him with all her heart, knowing all the while that he belonged not to her, but to the world.
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"Gilbert dramatizes Katherine's development into jazz musician Kay Swift, who wrote the jazz standard 'Fine and Dandy.' Gilbert excels at conjuring two worlds; for example, she contrasts the snide titters of an upper-crust society gathering with the genuine laughs of a down-to-earth Harlem party. Gilbert's vocal variety captures secondary characters as well: the raspy-voice of stride pianist Luckey Roberts, the rolling 'r's' of Mrs. Vanderbilt Belmont, the quiet murmurs of maids, and an angry priest's diatribe on the merits of Prohibition." (AudioFile Magazine)
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 908
Set on the French Riviera in the late 1920s, Tender Is the Night is the tragic romance of the young actress Rosemary Hoyt and the stylish American couple Dick and Nicole Diver. A brilliant young psychiatrist at the time of his marriage, Dick is both husband and doctor to Nicole, whose wealth goads him into a lifestyle not his own, and whose growing strength highlights Dick's harrowing demise. A profound study of the romantic concept of character - lyrical, expansive, and hauntingly evocative.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Subtle yet grand
- De jb en 10-12-15
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The Beautiful and Damned
- De: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Narrado por: William Dufris
- Duración: 13 h y 1 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 918
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 746
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 751
Published in 1922, Fitzgerald's second novel chronicles the relationship of Anthony Patch, Harvard-educated, aspiring aesthete, and his beautiful wife, Gloria, as they await to inherit his grandfather's fortune. A devastating satire of the nouveaux rich and New York's nightlife, of reckless ambition and squandered talent, it is also a shattering portrait of a marriage fueled by alcohol and wasted by wealth. The Beautiful and Damned, Fitzgerald wrote to Zelda in 1930, "was all true."
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5 out of 5 stars
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i loved it
- De Emily en 01-20-05
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Youngblood Hawke
- De: Herman Wouk
- Narrado por: Nick Sullivan
- Duración: 41 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 271
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 235
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Arthur Youngblood Hawke, an ex-Navy man moves from rural Kentucky to New York to assault the citadel of New York publishing with his first novel, an oversized manuscript that becomes an instant success. Toasted by critics and swept along on a tide of popularity, he gives himself over to the lush life that gilds artistic success. Love comes with an affair with an older married woman and an unfulfilled flame with his editor, while wealth pours in with the publication of his second novel, and participation in real-estate developments.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More than a good yarn
- De Arken en 10-24-18
De: Herman Wouk
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City of Girls
- A Novel
- De: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrado por: Blair Brown
- Duración: 15 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 24,575
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 22,008
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 21,904
Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A strong story
- De Anita Kristensen en 06-08-19
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The Royal Correspondent
- A Novel
- De: Alexandra Joel
- Narrado por: Caroline Lee
- Duración: 14 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 25
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The author of The Paris Model captures the glamour, style, excitement, and romance of a bygone era in this sumptuous novel - set in the Sydney and London of the 1960s - about an up-and-coming young Australian reporter with a deadly secret.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Story engaging. Narrator not so much.
- De Anne M. Kelley en 09-15-22
De: Alexandra Joel
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The Moon, the Stars, and Madame Burova
- A Novel
- De: Ruth Hogan
- Narrado por: Nina Wadia
- Duración: 7 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 92
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 92
After inheriting her mother’s fortune-telling business as a young woman, Imelda Burova has spent her life on the Brighton pier practicing her trade. She and her trusty pack of Tarot cards have seen the lovers and the liars, the angels and the devils, the dreamers and the fools. Now, after a lifetime of keeping other people’s secrets, Madam Burova is ready to have a little piece of life for herself. But she still has one last thing to do—to fulfill a promise made in the 1970s, when she and her girlfriends were carefree, with their whole lives still before them.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Trigger warning
- De Kristyn Rose en 01-30-23
De: Ruth Hogan
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Cocaine Blues
- De: Kerry Greenwood
- Narrado por: Stephanie Daniel
- Duración: 5 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,008
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,463
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,454
It's the end of the roaring twenties, and the exuberant and Honourable Phryne Fisher is dancing and gaming with gay abandon. But she becomes bored with London and the endless round of parties. In search of excitement, she sets her sights on a spot of detective work in Melbourne, Australia. And so mystery and the beautiful Russian dancer, Sasha de Lisse, appear in her life. From then on it's all cocaine and communism until her adventure reaches its steamy end in the Turkish baths of Little Lonsdale Street.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A series that just gets better
- De Barbara Kindle Customer en 02-01-11
De: Kerry Greenwood
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Marjorie Morningstar
- De: Herman Wouk
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
- Duración: 28 h y 23 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 509
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 430
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 426
Marjorie Morningstar is a love story. It presents one of the greatest characters in modern fiction: Marjorie, the pretty 17-year-old who left the respectability of New York's Central Park West to join the theater, live in the teeming streets of Greenwich Village, and seek love in the arms of a brilliant, enigmatic writer.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great story with really cheesy narration
- De James en 05-05-12
De: Herman Wouk
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Lady Oracle
- De: Margaret Atwood
- Narrado por: Lorelei King
- Duración: 11 h y 13 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 89
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 80
From fat girl to thin, from red hair to mud brown, from London to Toronto, from Polish count to radical husband - Joan Foster is utterly confused by her life of multiple identities. She decides to escape to an Italian hill town to take stock of her life. But first, she must organize her own death.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Feminist Romp
- De annkpowers en 07-02-22
De: Margaret Atwood
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Tempest-tost
- The Salterton Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Robertson Davies
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 129
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 100
An amateur production of The Tempest provides a colorful backdrop for a hilarious look at unrequited love. Mathematics teacher Hector Mackilwraith, stirred and troubled by Shakespeare's play, falls in love with the beautiful Griselda Webster. When Griselda shows she has plans of her own, Hector despairs on the play's opening night.
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3 out of 5 stars
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First of the first (and shows it)
- De Mary en 12-22-09
De: Robertson Davies
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The Parisian
- De: Isabella Hammad
- Narrado por: Fiona Button
- Duración: 20 h y 18 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 159
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 135
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 137
A masterful debut novel by Plimpton Prize winner Isabella Hammad, The Parisian illuminates a pivotal period of Palestinian history through the journey and romances of one young man, from his studies in France during World War I to his return to Palestine at the dawn of its battle for independence.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Overly ambitious
- De Turtle en 06-16-19
De: Isabella Hammad
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Three Words for Goodbye
- A Novel
- De: Hazel Gaynor
- Narrado por: Heather Webb, Suzanne Toren, Ann Marie Gideon, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 166
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 152
New York, 1937: When estranged sisters Clara and Madeleine Sommers learn their grandmother is dying, they agree to fulfill her last wish: to travel across Europe - together. They are to deliver three letters, in which Violet will say good-bye to those she hasn’t seen since traveling to Europe 40 years earlier. Clara, ever-dutiful, sees the trip as an inconvenient detour before her wedding to millionaire Charles Hancock, but it’s also a chance to embrace her love of art. Budding journalist Madeleine relishes the opportunity to develop her ambitions....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Listened to the whole thing because I wanted to know how the authors handled the ending
- De Beth♥️Amazon en 08-04-21
De: Hazel Gaynor
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Enter Laughing
- A Bio-Novel
- De: Carl Reiner
- Narrado por: Carl Reiner
- Duración: 5 h y 31 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 35
In his semi-autobiographical, laugh-out-loud novel, Carl Reiner details a young man's frustrations as he works as a machinist's helper and tries to break into show business. Along the bumpy path, the aspiring young actor tries to extricate himself from his overly protective parents - and his two girlfriends - and eventually lands an acting gig with a small theater troupe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story telling! Great listening!
- De NYer Lady en 02-08-22
De: Carl Reiner
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The Secret Life of Sunflowers
- De: Marta Molnar, Dana Marton
- Narrado por: Kendra Murray
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 745
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 745
When Hollywood auctioneer Emsley Wilson finds her famous grandmother's diary while cleaning out her New York brownstone, the pages are full of surprises. The first surprise is, the diary isn't her grandmother's. It belongs to Johanna Bonger, Vincent van Gogh's sister-in-law.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Nothing like a expected…
- De LOVETOQUILT en 05-06-23
De: Marta Molnar, y otros
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Slumberland
- A Novel
- De: Paul Beatty
- Narrado por: Prentice Onayemi
- Duración: 7 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 40
After creating the perfect beat, DJ Darky goes in search of Charles Stone, a little know avant-garde jazzman, to play over his sonic masterpiece. His quest brings him to a recently unified Berlin, where he stumbles through the city's dreamy streets ruminating about race, sex, love, Teutonic gods, the prevent defense, and Wynton Marsalis in search of his artistic - and spiritual - other.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gen Xr's Delight
- De Amazon Customer en 07-01-22
De: Paul Beatty
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American Rose
- A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee
- De: Karen Abbott
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 11 h y 50 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 130
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 101
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 98
With the critically acclaimed Sin in the Second City, best-selling author Karen Abbott “pioneered sizzle history” (USA Today). Now she returns with the gripping and expansive story of America’s coming-of-age - told through the extraordinary life of Gypsy Rose Lee and the world she survived and conquered. America in the Roaring Twenties. Vaudeville was king. Talking pictures were only a distant flicker. Speakeasies beckoned beyond dimly lit doorways; money flowed fast and free.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Well done biography of a complicated Icon
- De Moire en 01-27-11
De: Karen Abbott
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My Mrs. Brown
- A Novel
- De: William Norwich
- Narrado por: Angela Brazil
- Duración: 7 h y 29 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 55
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 49
When the grand dame of Ashville passes away, Mrs. Brown is called upon to inventory her estate and comes across a dress that changes everything. This isn't a Cinderella confection; it's a simple yet exquisitely tailored Oscar de la Renta sheath and jacket - a suit that, Mrs. Brown realizes with startling clarity, will say everything she has ever wished to convey. She must have it. And so Mrs. Brown begins her odyssey to purchase the dress.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Sweet story
- De Pam Hewitt en 05-01-20
De: William Norwich
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Dropped Names
- Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them
- De: Frank Langella
- Narrado por: Frank Langella
- Duración: 9 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 383
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 341
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 332
Captured forever in a unique memoir, Frank Langella's myriad encounters with some of the past century's most famous human beings are profoundly affecting, funny, wicked, sometimes shocking, and utterly irresistible. With sharp wit and a perceptive eye, Mr. Langella takes us with him into the private worlds and privileged lives of movie stars, presidents, royalty, literary lions, the social elite, and the greats of the Broadway stage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful
- De Kathy en 04-03-12
De: Frank Langella
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Total4 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
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Historia5 out of 5 stars
- Jon Statham
- 12-17-22
Accurate in the right spots
Quite moving. Illustrates the genius of Gershwin without ignoring his flaws. Beautiful story of his love for Kay. Somewhere George is smiling.
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