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Women\u2014Waiting For Men<\/p>\n\n

Martha hated \u201cThe Girl Cage\u201d\u2014the house she lived in with four other wives whose husbands were fighting in Korea. She hated the way they escaped that cage. Redheaded Frieda slipped into one stranger\u2019s hotel room after another. Love-hungry Colleen was partial to drunken sailors. Jealous Ellen gave herself to a rich party-boy. And sulky Joan sought relief in other ways. But Martha remained aloof from their touch-and-go affairs\u2014until a hard, cool lieutenant showed her the way to real love.<\/p>\n\n

Genre:<\/strong> Checklist by Marion Zimmer Bradley<\/a>; Grier Rated<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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