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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Holdforth, Lucinda, 1963–
True pleasures: a memoir of women in Paris / Lucinda Holdforth.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN-13: 978-1-55365-129-1     ISBN-10: 1-55365-129-4
1. Women--France—Paris—Biography. 2. Paris (France)—Biography. I. Title.
DC705.A1H64 2005     920.72'0944'36     C2005-900937-3

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