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Warren adler, bestselling author of the war of the roses. The stage play has premiered internationally in belgium, italy, germany, denmark, czech republic, norway, iceland, argentina, chile, mexico, uruguay, france, brazil, and netherlands. There was a bidding war in a hollywood commission for his unpublished book private lies. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. Warren adler when ken and maggie meet her client and wife, eliot and carol, ken discovers that carol is an old flame.
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