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The Black Velvet Coat
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
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Twenty-eight-year-old struggling San Francisco artist Anne McFarland is determined to get a one-woman show, even though no one, including herself, believes she can do it. But when she buys a coat at a thrift shop with a key in its pocket, strange, even magical, occurrences begin to unfold, and she is inspired to create her best work ever.
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