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Emotionally charged and compared to legendary classics written by donald goines, she is being called the hustlerauthor of urban literature. My friends and family always come to me for books because they know i have a large collection. Ask if they would be willing to purchase a few of your books on a test run. Each book there is a time limit also you can vote o. My urban books club discusses urban fiction novels from the old to the new and novels which are in the form of regular paperbacks as well as ebooks. Each book there is a time limit also you can vote on whats next to read.
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