Some Girls

Another entry in my I Judged This Book By Its Cover And Was Only Partly Wrong list. Some Girls: My Life in a Harem, by Jillian Lauren Sounds trashy, right?  I thought it would be a guilty pleasure, a fast read.  It was a fast read, but there was more to it than I expected.  Instead of titillating tell-all or bad romance novel, Lauren’s book is really what it aspires to be: a great memoir.  Some Girls is the true story of the time Lauren spent in the harem of the Prince of Brunei, but it’s also a coming...

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