Word: oyle
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...into journals: "The taste remains, distinct and bitter," she wrote, "guilt, because I was unable ... to put my team on my back." But she took care of business, hitting the books (she made dean's list) and doing physical therapy, which added 10 lbs. of muscle to her Olive Oyl frame and 2 in. to her leap...
Mirabelle is a study in isolation. When not standing sentinel behind the counter, she works on eerie drawings. Pretty and slim, she is so shy, so inexpert in marketing herself, that people don't notice her--or, if they do see her, think of Olive Oyl. Ray, though, has a more discerning eye than most. A rich businessman on a field trip for erotic adventure, he stops at her counter to buy a pair of gloves, and--a nice touch--sends them to her. Thus begins a courtship defined by emotional compromise, misunderstood signals and the sort of betrayals that...