Profiles author M.E. Kerr, including her development as a writer as described in her memoir Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Not A Novel (1983), and an analysis of her work, including such titles as Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack, Gentlehands, and the "Fell" series. The updated edition includes an examination of the impact of Kerr's homosexuality on her works.
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