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Valley of the Dolls Study Guide

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by Jacqueline Susann
About 74 pages (22,273 words)
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The Valley of the Dolls is a novel about the friendship between three women, the perils and rewards of fame, and chemical dependency. The story spans twenty years, from 1945 to 1965, and is set primarily in New York City. Anne Welles, Neely O'Hara, and Jennifer North become friends and roommates, find fame, get married and take lovers, and turn to drugs to cope with problems they encounter. (read more)
      Anne, September, 1945
      Anne, October, 1945
      Anne, November, 1945
      Anne, December, 1945
      Jennifer, December, 1945
      Neely, January, 1946
      Neely, February, 1946
      Neely, March, 1946
      Jennifer, December, 1946
      Anne, December, 1946
      Jennifer, May, 1947
      Jennifer, September, 1947
      Jennifer, October, 1947
      Anne, January, 1948
      Anne, February, 1948
      Neely, 1950
      Neely, 1953
      Anne, 1957
      Jennifer, 1957
      Anne, 1960
      Jennifer, 1960
      Neely, 1961
      Anne, 1961
      Anne, 1962
      Anne, 1963
      Anne, 1964
      Anne, 1965

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