I was around 16 and my mother was raving about the book and *wanted* me to read it!! Of course, because it was my mother wanted me to do something, I didn't want to do it, so I missed out!
Kakki > Rick, so glad I'm not the only list member who came to adolescence in the late > 60's/early 70's and remembers sneaking peaks at "Valley of the Dolls" as a > rite of passage! I was 12 when I read the whole darn thing, but didn't have > to visit Mrs. Teal's trash can: it was sitting right there on my parents' > bookcase.
