<p>Raggedy Ann, Barbie, Chucky&#8212;they&#8217;re all here. That&#8217;s what this book is about, right? Erin Gambrill discusses Jacqueline Susann&#8217;s <em>Valley of the Dolls</em> (1966). </p>
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      <h4><a href="https://www.theincomparable.com/topics/post-755/" class="link">Valley of the Dolls (novel)</a></h4>
      
     
    
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     <p>Trailer for the movie adaptation starring Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, and Sharon Tate</p>

    
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151: Thanksgiving Special: Poor Richard's Almanack

John McCoy and a guest host read books you might have been assigned in high school, or college, or other stuff you might have read when you were a kid. The theming is loose!