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Jan 2024
1h 13m

Fires of Winter by Johanna Lindsey

ELLEN AND MOM
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Ellen and Mom discuss the marauding, masters, and toxic masculinity in Fires of Winter by Johanna Lindsey.  Plus, sick dogs and modern feminism.  

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