The Only Girl (book)

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The Only Girl: My Life and Times on the Masthead of Rolling Stone
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Author Robin Green
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Little, Brown and Company
Publication date
August 21, 2018
Pages304
ISBN 978-0-316-44002-8

The Only Girl: My Life and Times on the Masthead of Rolling Stone is a 2018 memoir by Robin Green. The book has eight "positive" reviews and two "rave" reviews, according to review aggregator Book Marks. [1]

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