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Pages: 248
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-04-28 - Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Some may know her as hot, gutsy, gun-totin' Foxy Brown, Friday Foster, Coffy, and Jackie Brown. Others may know her from her role as Kit Porter on The L Word. B
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Pages: 281
Pages: 281
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