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A Sapphic roller-coaster ride.”\u003c\/strong\u003e —\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA controversial LA author attempts to revive her career and finally find true love in this hilarious nod to 1950s lesbian pulp fiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHaving recently moved both herself and her formidable perfume bottle collection into a tiny bungalow in Los Angeles, mid-list author Astrid Dahl finds herself back in the Zoom writer’s group she cofounded, Sapphic Scribes, after an incident that leaves her and her career \u003cem\u003elightly\u003c\/em\u003e canceled. 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