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Monica drake is the author of clown girl hawthorne books, winner of an eric hoffer award and an ippy independent publishers award. That is the question at the heart of the stud book, the funny, sad, and irreverent second novel by monica drake, whose 2007 debut, clown girl. In the hip haven of portland, oregon, a pack of unsteady but loyal friends asks what it means to bring babies into an already crowded world. The rabbits in this trailer for monica drakes novel the stud book, forthcoming from hogarth in april, were provided by the new york citybased all about rabbits rescue, inc.
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