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Katherine Wiles’ life as a professional opera singer seems glossed with sunshine in her memoir No Autographs Please.

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Katherine Wiles’ life as a professional opera singer seems glossed with sunshine in this memoir. You will sing and it will work out. You will find your place in the ...