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    All That Glitters
    All That Glitters
    All That Glitters
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    All That Glitters

    By Alisa Valdes

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    A young Latina professional cheerleader in Houston with dreams of being a photojournalist finds a mentor in a powerful older African American woman sports agent. As their friendship grows, each woman ends up mentoring the other as they each seek to balance love, life and career. Satisfying romances for both women, with men you come to love. Poignant tale of friendship and family.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlisa Valdes
    Release dateJan 12, 2011
    ISBN9781458075932
    All That Glitters
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    Alisa Valdes

    Alisa Valdes is a New York Times and USA Today best­selling author of six commercial women's fiction novels, including the dirty girls social club. She has a master's in journalism from Columbia and is a Pulitzer-nominated, award-winning former staff writer for the Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. Alisa has written and sold pilot scripts to Nickelodeon, NBC, and Lifetime Television as well as a teen crossover feature film based on The Kindred.

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