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Sep 2022
1h 3m

Bridget Jones's Diary, ft. Carley Fortun...

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This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” Kendra and Mercedes tackle one of the greatest rom-com love triangles of all time, in BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY. But first, the ladies chat with the incredible debut novelist, Carley Fortune—about everything from how Elle Woods almost inspired her to become a lawyer (thank goodness the book world snagged her instead!), to her deb ... Show More
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