Sacramento author Shelley Blanton-Stroud reads from her new book, "Tomboy." It's a coming-of-age story set in 1939 about this ambitious Okie girl who does what she has to do to turn herself into a San Francisco gossip columnist. It came out on June 28, 2022. (And, just a note, this reading includes a descriptive sex scene.)
Shelley Blanton-Stroud mystery's heroine is a 1939 gossip columnist
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