John Gordon Davis
TALK TO ME TENDERLY,
TELL ME LIES
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1992
Copyright © John Gordon Davis 1992
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Source ISBN: 9780007574384
Ebook Edition © OCTOBER 2014 ISBN: 9780008119317
Version: 2014-12-19
To Harry and June Pearson
‘Talk to me tenderly, tell me lies.
I am a woman, and time flies.’
Vivian Yeiser Laramore
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