Self-help books are making life downright unsafe. Women des… - Florence King

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Self-help books are making life downright unsafe. Women desperate to catch a man practice all the ploys recommended by these authors. Bump into him, trip over him, knock him down, spill something on him, scald him, but meet him.

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Florence Virginia King (January 5, 1936 – January 6, 2016) was an American novelist, essayist and columnist.

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