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Book Review Of Assuming Names A Con Artist's Masquerade
Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade by Tanya Thompson, is a non-fiction, autobiography. The story is about a 15 years old girl named Tanya. In the first part of the book she run away from home in Tennessee to, seek out the high class life she believe exist only in populated city, Dallas. While pretending to be a 23 years old high class countess, that travel with her “master”, she gained country wide attention. From FBI, to immigration and naturalization office. Tanya was known as “Counterfeit Countess” deceived every one of them. Tanya present a true natural of lying, and acting on impulse. But also, in the face of danger; she will fight back, and get her revenge. In the later part of the book, it described how she gets married, and

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