In Praise of Older Women(1978)
The story that turned on millions of PLAYBOY Magazine readers in the October issue.
Andras Vayda grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the occupying G.I.'s during World War II. Disappointed by girls of his age, he meets Maya, a married women in her thirties, who tutors him in the lessons of love and romance. Maya is only the first of many mature women that Andras will meet through his teenage and young adult life.
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Maya
Andras Vayda
Bobbie
Ann MacDonald
Klari
Paula
Mitzi
Andras Vayda Jr.
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Andras Vayda grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the occupying G.I.'s during World War II. Disappointed by girls of his age, he meets Maya, a married women in her thirties, who tutors him in the lessons of love and romance. Maya is only the first of many mature women that Andras will meet through his teenage and young adult life.
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1978-09-22
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The story that turned on millions of PLAYBOY Magazine readers in the October issue.
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