Memoirs in Toe Shoes: The Unabashed Autobiography of "Chiquita" of the World-famous Dance Team "Chiquita & Johnson"The unabashed autobiography of 'Chiquita' of the world- famous dance team 'Chiquita & Johnson.' They dazzled audiences in nightclubs and on TV shows in the 1950s and 1960s. This is the first printing of this amusing, delightful, and engaging book. |
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... shit . Oh , my king- dom for a pile of shit !! Finally I managed to create a modest little mound . Dissatisfied with the amount as well as the consistency , I proceeded to smear it all over the sheets . Nobody can tell me that a child ...
... shit . Oh , my king- dom for a pile of shit !! Finally I managed to create a modest little mound . Dissatisfied with the amount as well as the consistency , I proceeded to smear it all over the sheets . Nobody can tell me that a child ...
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... shit on the stage . - All these thoughts were distracting me from my objective – I still hadn't come up with ... shit one has to take , the urge to be rid of the bitter taste of swallowed anger , tears and frus- tration . The need to let ...
... shit on the stage . - All these thoughts were distracting me from my objective – I still hadn't come up with ... shit one has to take , the urge to be rid of the bitter taste of swallowed anger , tears and frus- tration . The need to let ...
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... living room . I was gazing at the waterfall cascading with a gentle murmur across the rocks covered with bird shit and ended in a scalloped pond where a finch was busily - splashing around when I heard a voice coming from 286 ERNA SEGAL.
... living room . I was gazing at the waterfall cascading with a gentle murmur across the rocks covered with bird shit and ended in a scalloped pond where a finch was busily - splashing around when I heard a voice coming from 286 ERNA SEGAL.
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