{"id":17025,"date":"2011-04-12T13:53:21","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T13:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/?p=17025"},"modified":"2026-09-27T22:04:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:04:46","slug":"the-girls-by-diana-mclellan-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/the-girls-by-diana-mclellan-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Girls by Diana McLellan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Girls<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Sappho Goes To Hollywood<\/em><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Diana McLellan<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Diana McLellan reveals the complex and intimate connections that roiled behind the public personae of Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Tallulah Bankhead, and the women who loved them. 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