Episode 117: A Tenuous...Relationship?

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This episode is 1 hour and 4 minutes long.

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This episode was published on May 23, 2023.

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Hello listeners! Caught in a...tenuous romance? This week, Margie gives Rachel all the deets on Chelsea Cain's Heartsick. Can it be considered a romance at all? Are some romances just abusive? Are we reading too much into these books? Does this smell like chloroform to you?! What's tenuous? Why is Margie editing?! Tune in!

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