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The secret names of women:

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Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1999 - Fiction - 152 pages
An anthology with women heroines. In Macy Is the Other Woman, a mistress describes her relations with the married man's wife, in Hush Money a woman sells Marilyn Monroe her voice, and Beauty is on an accidental pregnancy.

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Review: The Secret Names of Women

User Review  - Stephen Dorneman - Goodreads

Lynne Barrett's wonderful characters certainly hold a plethora of secrets in this story collection; whether the source of Marilyn Monroe's sultry voice, what happened to the manager of three Elvis ... Read full review

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User Review  - Susan Bono - Goodreads

Lynne Barrett crafts the most PERFECT short stories! I go back to them whenever I have been forced to read too many "modern" (pointless?) stories. She gives me hope that good form hasn't died. Read full review

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Hush Money
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Meet the Impersonators 1986
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