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Mr. and Mrs. Psmith’s Bookshelf

Jane Psmith, Gabriel Rossman, John Psmith
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The P is silent, as in pshrimp or pseudonym.

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    I’m just an unfrozen housewife, your world frightens and confuses me.

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    Professor of Sociology at UCLA.

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